St. Kitts and Nevis: Island banana bread - Explorers Kitchen

St. Kitts and Nevis: Island banana bread - Explorers Kitchen

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A tropical take on banana bread. With rum, coconut, and lime juice, it is a completely fresh take on banana bread. Not your grandmother's banana bread!

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Ingredients

  • For the bread
  • 2 Tablespoons butter at room temperature
  • 2 Tablespoons light cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1 Large egg
  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 Teaspoons salt
  • 2 mashed ripe bananas
  • 1/2 Cup whole milk
  • 2 Tablespoons dark rum
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (ok to substitute sweetened if unavailable)
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • For the glaze:
  • 2 Teaspoons butter
  • 2 Tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 Tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted
  • 2 Tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut (ok to substitute sweetened if unavailable)
  • ½ cup turbinado sugar
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar

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