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Maui Banana Bread Recipe

Maui's Best Banana Bread

Channel your last vacation to Hawaii with this moist and delicious banana bread.
4.60 from 5 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine Hawaiian
Servings 8 servings

Equipment

  • 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan
  • parchment paper

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
  • 2 tbsp solid coconut oil
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas yellow with spots, not all the way brown. 3-4 bananas.
  • 1 cup chopped roasted and salted macadamia nuts lightly toasted
  • 1/2 cup coconut flakes optional
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 330 F. Position rack in lower third of oven. Grease and line a 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl, sift together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and cinnamon). Add in the chopped macadamia nuts and stir to coat the nuts. This will keep the nuts from sinking to the bottom of the pan.
  • In a small microwave safe bowl, melt the butter and coconut oil.
  • Pour the melted butter and coconut oil into a large bowl and whisk in the eggs, sugar, vanilla and sour cream.
  • Add in the mashed bananas, stir well.
  • Add the flour and nuts into the banana mixture, and stir to combine.
  • Pour the banana bread batter into the prepared loaf pan.
  • Bake pan 45-60 minutes. Check loaf at 45 minutes for doneness by inserting a toothpick or cake tester into the center of the loaf. If there is still raw batter in the middle, keep baking, checking at 5 minute intervals, until the cake tester comes out clean. If the top is getting too brown, you can tent it with foil.
  • Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

The banana bread will keep nicely wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.
We suggest slathering this delicious Maui banana bread with either salted butter or cream cheese.
If you want to share your vacation vibes with a friend or two, you can make three mini banana bread loaves (Maui Banana Bread Co. style), using mini loaf pans (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in).
Keyword banana bread, hawaiian, Maui
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