Peachy Keen Coconut Banana Bread

          Well, I had way too many frozen bananas in the freezer to make just one loaf of Cinnamon Swirly Banana Pumpkin Bread.  So I made this one, it turned out more of cake, since I used a square baking pan.  

Recipe from Lil' Luna

Here what you need:

1 cup sugar 2 TBsp unsalted butter (melted) 1 egg (room temperature) 3/4 cup milk 3 cups flour 3 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup mashed bananas 1 cup peaches (diced small) 1/2 cup shredded coconut

How you make it:
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Prepare a loaf pan by spraying with cooking spray. In a bowl sift the flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside. In a bowl of an electric mixer, mix sugar, butter and egg until well combined. Stir in the milk. Add in the flour mixture and mix until combined. Gently fold in the bananas, peaches, and coconut. Sprinkle a teaspoon or two of coconut on the top of the batter. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Loaves are done when slightly golden on top and when a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool a bit before slicing, then ENJOY!

Cinnamon Swirly Banana Pumpkin Bread

      With our move coming up, I thought I would clear out the bananas I had stocked up in the freezer.       I usually do just a simple banana bread, but decided to try a new recipe.  So here ya go...

Recipe from The Messy Baker

What you need:

2 cups white whole wheat flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
2 ripe bananas
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 TBsp unsalted butter (melted)
1/3 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt
2 large eggs (room temperature)
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecans (toasted and chopped, optional)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

How to make it:

Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Grease and flour a 9x5inch loaf pan.
In a small bowl, sift the dry ingredients together.
In a large bowl, add the pumpkin puree and bananas, mash together with potato masher.
Add the brown sugar, melted butter, and yogurt, whisk to combine.
Add in the eggs and vanilla, whisk to combine.
Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until well combined.
Fold in optional pecans.
For the cinnamon swirl, stir together the sugar and cinnamon.
Add half of the batter to the pan, top with the cinnamon swirl mixture.
Top with the remaining batter and place in the oven.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cool, before turning out on a wire rack to finish cooling.
Slice it up and ENJOY!

Chocolate Banana Bread

Recipe from It's Always Autumn

What you need:

1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

How to make it:

Preheat oven to 350˚F.

Spray a standard loaf pan with cooking spray and dust with flour.

Beat sugar, eggs, and oil in a bowl of an electric mixer until well combined.

Beat in mashed bananas and vanilla until incorporated.

In another bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients.

Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 60-70 minutes or until top is cracked and bread is cooked through.

Let cool in the pan before turning out on a wire rack to finish cooling.

Then ENJOY!