📋 Healthy Tropical Banana bread (with lime glaze) recipe

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📋 Healthy Tropical Banana bread (with lime glaze) recipe

This easy Healthy Tropical Banana Bread, with amber rum, coconut and lime glaze really gives this quick banana bread a depth of flavor and truly balances the banana. If you are looking for a coconut banana bread recipe, without an overpowering banana flavor, then this is the one! * Rum extract can be substituted for rum

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, North American

Keyword banana bread, coconut, lime, tropical

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Servings slices

Calories 261kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ cup butter softened
2 large eggs
4 medium ripe mashed banana
¼ cup vanilla non-fat greek yogurt
3 tablespoons amber rum * or substitute 1 teaspoon rum extract for non-alcoholic version and add additional amounts of liquid (see variations and substitutions)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup flaked sweetened coconut

Glaze

½ cup powdered sugar
1 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
½ teaspoon lime zest

Garnish

sweetened coconut flakes (if desired)
lime zest (if desired)

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F (175 degrees C) and spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Combine flours, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, yogurt, rum, and vanilla; beat until blended.
Add dry ingredients to banana mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in ½ cup coconut.
Pour batter into greased loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon coconut, if desired.
Bake at 350° F/176 degrees C for 55-60 minutes (I cooked it 10 minutes longer, as it wasn’t quite done) or until a cake tester/wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan.

Glaze

In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, lime juice, and zest stirring with a whisk; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely on wire rack.

Garnish

Garnish with additional coconut flakes and lime zest, if desired.

Notes

*See post contents for important recipe information and tips!

Nutrition Facts

📋 Healthy Tropical Banana bread (with lime glaze) recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 slice)

Calories 261 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Fat 7g11%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 45mg15%

Sodium 270mg12%

Potassium 111mg3%

Carbohydrates 43g14%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 24g27%

Protein 4g8%

Vitamin A 190IU4%

Vitamin C 0.7mg1%

Calcium 26mg3%

Iron 1.4mg8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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