Snack

Jamaican Banana Bread is for Breakfast, Snack.

Jamaican Banana Bread takes several minutes to prepare.

Jamaican Banana Bread takes several minutes to cook.

Jamaican Banana Bread makes 18 servings.

The ingredients for Jamaican Banana Bread are:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons fat free cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed overripe bananas
1/2 cup skim milk
2 tablespoons dark rum, or rum flavoring
1/2 teaspoon lime zest
2 teaspoons lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts

Topping
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans
2 tablespoons flaked coconut

Here is how you make Jamaican Banana Bread:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.Beat together 2 tablespoons of softened butter and cream cheese in a large bowl until fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar until well incorporated. Add the egg and mix well. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. In a different bowl, mix together the bananas, milk, 2 tablespoons rum, lime zest, lime juice, and vanilla extract; stir well. Pour 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter and mix well. Mix in 1/2 of the mashed bananas. Continue with another 1/3 of the flour, followed by the remaining banana mixture, and finally the remaining flour. Fold in 1/4 cup walnuts and 1/4 cup coconut flakes.Pour the mixture into the loaf pans, top with coconut and, remaining walnuts and brown sugar. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about one hour. When finished, cool for 10 minutes in the pan, remove, and finish cooling on a wire rack.Serving Size: 18Number of Servings: 18Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PAPPHEM.

The nutritional information for Jamaican Banana Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 18
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 161.4

• Total Fat: 4.4 g
• Cholesterol: 14.1 mg
• Sodium: 19.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
• Protein: 2.9 g