Pina Colada Banana Bread

This easy Pina Colada Banana Bread recipe is our new favorite! Super moist and delicious banana bread studded with sweet pineapple and flaky coconut and topped with a pineapple-rum glaze and toasted coconut!

My family adores banana bread. We make it all the time and in fact, we buy extra bananas specifically so we can make banana bread when they get nice and ripe. We’ve done it all: Butterscotch Banana Bread, Blueberry Banana Bread, Reese’s Banana Bread, Peanut Butter Banana Bread, Chocolate Chip Zucchini Banana Bread…you get the idea, right?

Well this Pina Colada Banana Bread is a new take on banana bread and instantly became a new favorite. I made this banana bread a couple of weeks ago and since it took my boys and my dad less than a full afternoon to demolish it, I knew I needed to make it again – and this time, to get pics. I’ll be totally honest here, it’s the glaze.

Sure, the banana bread is incredibly moist thanks to a good amount of brown sugar, some sweet pineapple, and of course those lovely bananas. And of course its nicely sweetened with the addition of the coconut.

But, it’s the glaze people.

I wish I had some skill with pour shots but this will have to do. This bread is coated in a pineapple-rum glaze that will knock your socks off. I used rum extract to get that extra rummy flavor all nice and concentrated. Yep, this Pina Colada Banana Bread is virgin.

If I were you, I would go ahead and make double the glaze. You can use it to spread on individual slices or pokes holes in the top of the bread with a skewer and let it all just soak in. That’s totally happening when I make this bread again next week.

I topped the whole loaf with lightly toasted coconut because it really makes this bread so pretty and adds extra depth of flavor and crunch. If you are opposed to this extra step, feel free to skip it. I won’t judge.

All in all, it’s pretty much our new favorite way to eat banana bread.

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5 from 3 votes

Pina Colada Banana Bread

Course bread

Cuisine American

Keyword banana bread, pina colada banana bread

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings 10 servings

Calories 348kcal

Author Trish - Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

• 3 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg room temperature
• 6 tbsp butter softened
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp rum extract
• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup pineapple tidbits
• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

Pineapple-Rum Glaze

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp pineapple juice
• 1 tsp rum extract
• 1/2 cup toasted coconut

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a loaf pan and set aside.
• Peel and mash the bananas in a large bowl. Stir in the sugar, egg, butter, and extracts until well combined. (Can use all vanilla extract if preferred.)
• Combine the dry ingredients in a small bowl and stir into the wet ingredients until just combined.
• Stir in the pineapple and coconut and pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 60-70 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan.
• Whisk together the powdered sugar, pineapple juice, and rum extract and drizzle over the top of the bread. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.

Toasted Coconut

• Spread coconut in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 5 to 7 minutes in a 350F oven. Stir every few minutes and keep your eye on them - they burn as soon as you walk away 😉

Nutrition

Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 160mg | Potassium: 362mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 288IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2mg

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