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Jamaican Banana Bread
Ingredients:
- Two cups of flour, all-purpose
- one and a half teaspoons of baking soda
- One cup granulated sugar and half a teaspoon of salt
- 1/4 cup softened butter
- Two big eggs
- 3/4 cup of ripe bananas, mashed (about 3 bananas)
- 1/4 cup of low-fat plain yogurt (or flavored like a pina colada!).
- Three teaspoons of apple cider OR dark rum
- Half a teaspoon of extract from vanilla
- half a cup of sweetened coconut, flake
- Cooking spray
- One tablespoon of coconut, sweetened and flake
- Half a cup of powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice
Instructions:
- Turn the oven on to 350°.
- Using a knife to level, lightly scoop flour into dry measuring cups. Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt, whisking to combine.
- In a large bowl, combine butter and granulated sugar; beat on medium speed with a mixer until completely combined. One egg at a time, add and beat thoroughly after each addition. Beat in the yogurt, banana, rum, and vanilla until well combined. Mix in flour mixture and beat on low speed until moistened. Add 1/2 cup of coconut and stir.
- Fill a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with batter, sprayed with cooking spray, and top with 1 tablespoon of coconut.
- For one hour, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, bake at 350°. Ten minutes of cooling in the pan on a wire rack; remove from pan.
- Combine powdered sugar and juice, stirring with a whisk; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely on wire rack.
