While the work piles up, and time off is non-existent, staying sane for me happens with the little things, like this Chocolate Chip Coconut Banana Bread. Here are some of my other little things:
1. Do something that makes you feel pretty. Pluck those eyebrows or braid your hair, or wear some neat jewelry.
2. If you have a spare moment, Google pictures of somewhere you want to go. My latest go to Google image search is camping in a tee pee.
3. Draw doodles. My favorite doodle is looking at someone, drawing his or her face without looking at the paper or lifting up the pen.
4. Think about how much cooler life is going to be once Downton Abbey returns.
5. Take baths. They are awesome and relaxing and I don’t think most people do it enough.
Ok you guys. We have some crazy delicious chocolate chip coconut banana bread for you today. We made it in these mini loaf pans but you can also make it full size. Throughout the week we will be posting two more recipes that utilize banana bread in other crazy amazing combinations. So keep a look out! We hope you love them! If you love this recipe, you’ll also love our Chai Banana Cake!
Chocolate Chip Coconut Banana Bread
EQUIPMENT
- 9" loaf pan or 5" loaf pans
INGREDIENTS
Banana Bread
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 medium over ripe bananas
- 10 tbsp unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/8 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
mix ins
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- ⅔ cup shredded coconut toasted
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 inch loaf pan (or mini loaf pans) and set aside.
- Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together, into a mixing bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, melt butter. Add bananas and mash with a fork.
- Add sugar and vanilla to banana mixture and stir together until completely combined.
- Add eggs and continue to mix together.
- Stir dry mixture into wet mixture until well combined and fold in chocolate chips and coconut.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan (or pans) and bake for about 45 minutes for the mini loaves, about 1 hour 20 minutes for full size loaf or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of bread.
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 20 minutes before removing and allowing bread to cool completely. Slice and serve.
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Bonne journée, FLaure
Thanks for the wonderful recipe and photography, ladies! I’m going to freeze slices of your banana bread to spread out the joy. And I included your recipe in a roundup of 10 scratch meals that freeze well–a new way of thinking about “convenience foods.” http://finelycrafted.net/blog/10-diy-convenience-foods-for-the-freezer/
We should always do something that makes us pretty… Thanks for reminding us!
I love banana bread with chocolate chips but I’ve never tried adding coconut – this looks fantastic and now I’m craving a slice of banana bread! I’m featuring this post in today’s Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and I can’t wait to see what you create next…
this looks SOO SO GOOD! i love banana bread!
Oh. Em Gee. My life will be SO MUCH cooler once Downton Abbey returns. I was literally just thinking about that today. ESPN! (Mean Girls reference….)
How did I just discover your **GORGEOUS blog?! It’s been a joy browsing through your past posts, and this banana bread?! Love!
Next installment, please!
This looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing!!
Brings me back home to the comforts of my mother’s kitchen. I’ll be making YOUR recipe tonight.
Brings me back home to the comforts of my mother’s kitchen. I’ll be making YOUR recipe tonight.
I love a good banana bread but when chocolate & banana bread are involved…magic happens and then coconut…wow…I’m in on this.
I need to get making a sanity list.
And banana bread, with chocolate chips. In fact, you’ve inspired me to fit both in tonight!
Banana bread is an absolute staple in my kitchen – couldn’t live without the stuff!
I just gotta say. I personally believe if it’s not on PBS it’s not worth watching. (At least 90% of the time.) And PBS is probably even better if you’re eating banana bread at the same time.
This looks amazing! I don’t like bananas but banana bread is a favorite of mine … Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Three of my favorite things! (Chocolate chips, coconut, and banana bread of course.)
And yes, bath are highly underrated. I’m always miffed when people say they don’t like them!
Mmmm what a treat!!
My animal pinboard is my best work to date. I wish I could get paid from doing that. I WANT DIS BREAD NOW
Um, I about died when I saw your “cute animal” board. Too. Freakin.Presh.
This looks like an amazing recipe, and it came at such a perfect time. I was hoping you could tell me whether or not the shredded coconut is sweetened or unsweetened. All we have is unsweetened, and I want to make sure I’m not changing the flavor too much.
I used sweetened, but using unsweetened is just fine, really!
Thanks! I went ahead and used unsweetened and it’s in the oven now. Though I didn’t have a bread loaf pan so I turned them into muffins instead. Yum!
Pretty looking bread! Ive been on a major banana bread kick lately and this looks delish!
amen to #5! i need some lady mary in my life!
and, banana bread. yummmm
This looks so good! I make banana bread all the time but never thought of adding coconut.
I want a slice right now!
I love banana bread and the addition of chocolate chips i imagine only makes it better! I love your ‘sanity list’ I might have to come up with one of my own!