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Coconut Banana Bread

Coconut Banana Bread - a lovely homey, comfy bread that comes together in a jiffy. Caramely banana notes,toasty coconut flavour with a hint of walnut crunch.

Prep Time1 15

Total Time1 15

Course: Bread, Cakes, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: slices

Calories: 294kcal

Author: Natasha Minocha

Ingredients

1 cup Wholewheat flour
1/2 cup All-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/8 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Desiccated coconut
1 tsp Cinnamon powder
2 Bananas, mashed
1/2 cup Coconut yogurt You can also use plain Greek yogurt or strained thick homemade yogurt
1/3 cup Coconut oil You can use melted butter or any neutral tasting oil
1/2 cup Coconut sugar You can use regular sugar, raw sugar or jaggery powder
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1/3 cup Walnuts, coarsely chopped
Walnuts ( chopped) and shredded coconut for topping

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease an 8" x 4" loaf pan well.
Sift both the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
Stir in the desiccated coconut and cinnamon powder.
In another bowl, mix the mashed bananas, yogurt, oil, sugar, and vanilla extract.
Fold in the mixed dry ingredients, until just combined. Don't overmix.
Fold in the walnuts.
Spoon the thick batter into your prepared pan. Level the batter gently using a knife.
Sprinkle some chopped walnuts and shredded coconut.
Bake at 180C for 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs attached.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes before turning it out on a cooling rack.
Serve at room temperature. Enjoy!

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