Coconut Cream Banana Bread Makes 2 Loaves Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 metal or glass 9x5-inch loaf pans or use ungreased silicone pans.
• Mix coconut flour, all-purpose flour, xylitol, coconut sugar, flaxseed meal, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Blend bananas, butter, coconut milk, and eggs in another large bowl. Add dry ingredients and whisk thoroughly until there are no lumps. Fold in macadamia nuts. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool briefly on a wire rack and then remove from the pans and let cool completely. Serve warm.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine butter and sugar; mix well. Add eggs and extracts; beat on high speed until thickened. Stir in bananas. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to banana mixture. Fold in the chocolate, coconut and pecans. Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 70-75 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Steps:

• Mix together flour, coconut, baking powder, baking soda, salt, chopped walnuts, and cherries.
• Break eggs in a mixing bowl, and beat until light and frothy. Add sugar and melted butter or margarine. Beat well. Stir in mashed banana and flavoring. Add flour mixture, and stir just to combine. Spoon into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes, and remove from pan. Cool.

Steps:

• Thoroughly grease the bottoms and sides of 2 loaf pans; set aside.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
• Beat butter on high speed for about 30 seconds.
• Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, beaten eggs and vanilla; beat until well mixed.
• Add flour mixture and banana alternately to beaten mixture; beating on low after each addition.
• Stir in nuts.
• In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup brown sugar and the 1 egg until smooth.
• Stir in coconut.
• Pour 1/4 of the banana batter into each pan.
• Spoon 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture over each loaf.
• Marble each by using a spatula to cut cream cheese into the banana batter.
• Repeat the 2 layers as above but do not marble them.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
• Remove loaves from pans and cool completely.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute coconut in butter until golden. Reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish. Press remaining toasted coconut onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 350° for 7 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., For filling, combine the sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt in a large saucepan. Stir in cream until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Gently stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature without stirring. , Place bananas in the crust. Cover with cream mixture. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours. Sprinkle with reserved coconut. If desired, garnish with whipped cream and bananas. Refrigerate leftovers.