Sunday, November 23, 2008

Jamaican Banana Bread

From Andrea Kempe

1/4 c butter
1 c sugar
1 egg
2 c flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/8 t salt
1 c mashed banana
1/2 c milk
2 T vanilla
1/2 t grated lime zest
1 T lime juice
1/2 c chopped pecans
1/2 c coconut

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Beat butter and sugar. Add egg. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix banana, milk, vanilla, lime rind and lime juice. Mix butter mixture, flour mixture and banana mixture together. Fold in pecans and coconut. Pour into 8 x 4 in loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 1 hour. Cool in pan 10 minutes and remove and cool completely.

Glaze
1/4 c brown sugar
2 t butter
2 t lime juice
1 t vanilla
2 T coconut
2 T chopped pecans

Combine brown sugar, butter, lime juice and vanilla in saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook 1 minute stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in pecans and coconut. Spoon over loaf.

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