Toasted Coconut-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread
Toasted Coconut-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread is a vegetarian recipe with 15 servings. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This bread has 531 calories, 6g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up firmly brown sugar, vanillan extract, coconut, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 15 minutes.
Instructions
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary.
While bread is baking, stir together 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup sugar, brown sugar, and milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat. Stir in coconut; 1 cup chopped, toasted pecans; and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
Remove baked bread or muffins from oven, and immediately spread tops with coconut mixture. Broil 5 1/2 inches from heat 2 to 3 minutes or just until topping starts to lightly brown. Cool in pans on wire racks 20 minutes.
Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.