Banana Coconut Bread

This has got to be the best banana bread recipe I have found. Usually banana bread comes out dark and dense, almost a bit dry.  Not this recipe! The bread is light and moist, and adding coconut is ingenious! I hope you will give it a try...

1 tsp baking powder

1 ¼ cups flour

¼ tsp salt

1 stick butter

2/3 cup sugar

1 large egg

½ tsp vanilla

½ cup walnuts, chopped

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

¾ cup coconut

 

·      Preheat oven to 375 degrees
·      Grease and flour a 4x8 loaf pan
·      Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl
·      Mix butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, mashed bananas and walnuts in another bowl
·      Add ½ cup of coconut to the mixture
·      Combine the contents of the 2 bowls together
·      Transfer the mix to the loaf pan and sprinkle with ¼ cup coconut
·      Bake for approximately 1 hour 

      Notes: If you notice the bread getting too dark, place a piece of foil over the top. Start checking for doneness after about 50 minutes by inserting a tooth pick. Once it comes out clean, then the bread is done!