Coconut Blueberry Banana Bread
PIN IT!This fluffy and luscious coconut blueberry banana bread is the perfect snack or breakfast bread for any day of the week!
28 is a weird, weird age. In a year and a half, I’m going to be 30 and I’m about as prepared for that as I was when I was 23.
I’m not good at being a grown up. I hate paying bills, doing dishes, making the bed. I hate have healthy “power” smoothies for breakfast. I hate having to put on pants to go to the grocery store. I absolutely hate having to budget for things like a new vacuum cleaner. I hate dusting, investing and paying for medical insurance. I don’t want to do any of it.
I am so much better being an early twenty something. I’m very skilled at staying up all night, drinking energy drinks for breakfast, having cupcakes for lunch and having my parents pay my rent. I’m really, really good at not having to pay for groceries or living expenses. I’m also very good at happy hours, week-long spring breaks in Florida and eating ramen noodles for dinner. These things I can handle. Plus, 23 year old Claire weighed 20 pounds less than 28 year old Claire, so clearly I was doing something right back then.
It’s just a weird age too. I’m still trying to figure out my life path and figure out what I’m going to “be” when I grow up. I’m comfortable financially in my own life, but once we start having kids and buying a house, well, things are going to change drastically. I’m at that age where I have to start thinking about expenses like kids, houses and preschools. So many of my friends are such adults, with their own homes and babies, and I feel like I’m at least 10 years away from looking anything like a real, responsible adult.
Which is okay, right? It’s okay to still be “figuring myself out” at 28, right? It’s okay to still shop at Forever 21? Still okay to have wine and cheese for dinner because I just don’t want to eat vegetables? And it’s definitely okay to eat a loaf of this coconut blueberry banana bread for breakfast in leu of a healthy smoothie too, right? (Just say yes so I can feel slightly better about being clueless in the adult department, please).
Coconut Blueberry Banana Bread
Serves about 8 -10.
Prep time: About 10 minutes
Cook time: About 60 minutes
Ingredients:
For the bread:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup smashed bananas
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup light coconut milk
- Dash of salt
For the topping:
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a standard size loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the applesauce, brown sugar, bananas, white sugar, eggs and vanilla together until combined. In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder and dash of salt together. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, alternating with the coconut milk. Stir to combine. Carefully stir in the blueberries.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. To make the streusel topping, cut the brown sugar, flour and butter together using a pastry knife. Top the bread with the streusel topping.
- Bake for about 55 – 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool a few minutes then remove from the pan.
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories: 400
Fat: 8.3 grams
Carbohydrates: 54 grams
Fiber: 2 grams
Protein: 6 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 8
Thanks!
And congrats on your cookbook, by the way! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy!
No butter, I updated the directions :)