Island Style Banana Bread Recipes

KONA INN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Grease and flour 2 8x4x3-inch loaf pans.
• Stir together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In another larger bowl, mix together the shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, eggs and walnuts. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir only until the batter is thoroughly blended.
• Pour into the prepared pans and bake 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer or straw inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, or with only a few moist crumbs. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a rack and let cool completely.

ISLAND STYLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease the bottom and half way up the sides of 2 loaf pans; set aside.
• Combine the next 5 ingredients; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl beat butter with mixer on high speed for 30 seconds.
• Add 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, the 2 eggs and the vanilla; beat until well combined.
• Add dry mixture and mashed bananas alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition, until well combined.
• Stir in pecans.
• In a medium bowl beat together the cream cheese, the 1 egg and remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar on medium speed until almot smooth.
• Stir in coconut.
• Pour 1/4 of the banana mixture into each loaf pan.
• Spoon 1/4th of the cream cheese mixture over each banana mixture.
• Using a spatula, cut through the batter to marble.
• Repeat the 2 layers as above but don't marble this time.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 50 mins or until they test done.
• Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool completely.