Vanilla Bourbon Bread with Walnut Coffee Crumble

It's pretty hard to start this.. I don't know if there are really any words to say to state how much I've fallen for this simple quick bread. It's... ridiculously scrumptious and delicious. Moist and sweet, great with adding icing or a cup of coffee or tea... I got the idea while trying to find something to make in the small amount of ingredients that I had.

I didn't have any granulated sugar, so I decided to try using powdered sugar and brown sugar together (which turned out to be really good) and used a bunch of vanilla. I wanted something simple. I got the walnut coffee crumble idea from here off of a banana bread recipe. I thought that it'd be a perfect topping to a simple bread; and it indeed was.

This has become my new favorite quick bread recipe for this year, no doubt.

Recipe

For Crumble Topping

1/2 cup walnuts
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. flour
2 tbsp. cold butter
1 tsp. instant coffee
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

For the Bread

2 cups flour
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
3 large eggs
2 tbsp. bourbon
2 tbsp. vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. salt


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan; set aside.

2. In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the crumble; set aside.

3. In a large bowl combine flour, sugars, baking powder and salt. With electric mixer at low speed, beat until well blended. Add the cream, eggs, bourbon and vanilla. Beat at low speed until dry ingredients are evenly moistened and smooth.

4. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Top the batter off with the crumble. Bake in the oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until bread tests done.

Carrot Bread

Around here, it's been pretty hectic. First, my birthday just passed. The 18th. I'm eighteen now. My parents feel like they're ancient now and I never stopped to kid with them with how old I've gotten. So with that, my entire family has been trying to do something with me. From going to the movies to dinner with each one, it's tiring.

My friends wanted to celebrate with me as well. For fun, we decided to go to the first showing of the movie Twilight. Yes, I am one of those Twilight fans. As a matter of fact, I'm a bit obsessed. It's a hands down amazing book. I remember when I first read the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer; Couldn't stop. I read the entire book in one day (as did I with all the other books to the series).

The movie was amazing! I'll admit that I don't like some of the characters and how they are picture (I have my own image as to what the characters look like) but they really did a magnificent job on the movie! Robert Pattinson and Kristin did great as the characters Edward and Bella. I'm even more excited to of heard that they are in fact making the second movie, New Moon! I'm thrilled!!

Enough of my fan girl moment over my movie. I had the time to bake something but I didn't want to make something extremely heavy (Thanksgiving is right around the corner!!). We had some carrot in the fridge and originally what came to mind was Carrot Cake, which, wasn't something I really wanted though since that would be way high in calories. Then, bread came to mind. It sounded perfect.

It turned really good and it was well loved. I bit dense, but nice and moist. I really wish now though that I had some kind of cream cheese spread (I don't know how I didn't think to make some!). Believe me, it would have been perfect for this!!

Recipe

For Bread

3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cup shredded carrots
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
1 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

For Glaze

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 tbsp. lemon juice


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9x5 inch loaf pan.

2. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, combine oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Slowly add the flour mixture to the oil mixture, mixing until moistened. Stir in carrots and nuts. Pour into loaf pan.

3. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely.

4. For the glaze, shift the powdered sugar. Add lemon peel and juice. Drizzle over top of cooled bread. Store i fridge.

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Fall is here! Even here in Orlando, Florida you can feel it! We reach our newest lows for the season; Lows of 36 degrees and highs of 65. It's been so beautiful out for the past couple days! I love the cool weather! Makes me wonder some times as to why I'm living in Florida..

I actually plan to move soon once I start attending college. I really want to go live on NY. I've always loved it up there, so why not live there? I love the city, the scenery, the people; I love so much about it. Whether I move there soon, or a few years from now, I know that I want to live there.

But anyways, a bit of topic! To celebrate the fact that fall is here, I decided to bake something that just screams autumn; pumpkin. What better than a comforting pumpkin bread pudding to celebrate with, yea? I've been holding on to this recipe that I found not to long ago, waiting for the right time to try it out. Let me tell you, it didn't disappoint.

Recipe

1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs plus 1 yolk
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
Pinch of ground cloves
2 tbsp. bourbon
5 cups cubed (1-inch) day-old baguette or crusty bread
3/4 stick unsalted butter, melted

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in middle.

2. Whisk together pumpkin, cream, milk, sugar, eggs, yolk, salt, spices and bourbon, if using, in a bowl.

3. Toss bread cubes with butter in another bowl, then add pumpkin mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to an ungreased 8-inch square baking dish and bake until custard is set, 25 to 30 minutes.

Blueberry Banana Bread

Well, with me actually starting to get out of the house more often, I haven't really had the opportunity to bake to much. For most of my summer, a lot of people I know are usually busy with work or family, and just haven't really had to time to really get out of the house to go do something. Hang out. But for these past few weeks, they have. And be really craving to get out of the house, I didn't stop to jump up and get out.

We actually went and saw the Dark Knight movie. I've seen it twice already. It was an amazing movie and Heath Ledger did and awesome job. I've always been a huge fan of Heath ever since I saw him in one of my favorite movies, '10 Things I hate about you.' I've been obsessed with him since. It's sad though. That someone who held so much potentially and really had something going for him (and only just starting to really hit big on his acting career) had to die only on a accidental use on prescription drugs. I'm really interested to see his very last movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Should be interesting.

Anyways, aside from that, When I did have the time to bake, I knew what it was I wanted to make. Banana bread. Hadn't had it in awhile and I was really craving it. We had leftover blueberries and I thought it might add some interesting flavor. And it did. I really liked it. With the cinnamon in it, it made everything seem right together. Was such a yummy breakfast.

Recipe

Bread

1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained, or frozen blueberries
2 cups plus one tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3)
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg

Oatmeal Streusel

1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon


1. Preheat oven to 350. In a small bowl, gently mix blueberries with 1 tablespoon of the flour.

2. In another bowl, blend flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a another large bowl, whisk mashed bananas, buttermilk, butter, and egg to blend. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture just until evenly moistened; the batter will be stiff. Gently stir in blueberry mixture.

3. Spread batter level in a buttered 5- by 9-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with oatmeal streusel and press in lightly.

4. To make the oatmeal streusel, in a small bowl, combine flour, rolled oats, packed brown sugar and butter, cut into chunks. Add ground cinnamon. Mix with your fingers until fine crumbs form.

5. Bake bread in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Let bread cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then run a knife around edges to loosen. Invert bread onto a plate, remove pan, and turn over onto rack to cool completely, about 45 minutes.

Oatmeal Raisin Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding, in my opinion, has got to be one of the most comforting desserts ever. Aside from Ice Cream, Bread Pudding is one of my favorite desserts that I enjoy having every time. I actually never had nor heard of Bread Pudding till about 3 years ago after going out for my fathers birthday at Ruth Chris Steakhouse.

We went there to enjoy some really great steak (one of the best I've ever had, by the way. Wish I could still have some...), and I knew that I was going to get a dessert, and my dad was gonna get one to. I mean, it's his birthday. Even though he's a health consensus freak, he to likes to have a good dessert for his birthday. Who really doesn't though?

I ordered the Chocolate Lava cake, my brother order ice cream, and my father, the birthday boy, ordered New Orleans Bread Pudding. When I got my Chocolate Lava Cake, it was way to chocolaty for me. I should have expected such from a Chocolate Lava Cake. I only took one bite and had enough chocolate for the day. But, my father only finished half his dessert. So, I decided to try it. And fell in love. That when I became obsessed with Bread Pudding.

I made Oatmeal Bread the other day and had half of it left. So, I decided to make more use of it. How? By making an Oatmeal Bread Pudding. I used my Oatmeal Bread recipe for the bread, but I got the custard and sauce from Peabody here. This is a really comforting dessert, and when in need of comfort, try this! You'll be in love!

Recipe

Oatmeal Bread

Recipe Here.


Cinnamon Custard

2 1/2 cups heavy cream
3 egg yolks
4 eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg


Toffee Sauce

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup unsalted butter
1/3 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla extract


1. Make the Oatmeal Bread as in the recipe. Let cool complete.

2. In a bowl, mix together the heavy cream, egg yolks and eggs, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk together all the ingredients until completely incorporated. Set aside until needed.

3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut up the Oatmeal Bread into 1 inch pieces. Place half of the Oatmeal Bread pieces in a buttered 8 x 8" pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of raisins (if desired). Pour half of the custard mixture over the bread, pressing gently to allow the liquid to soak in.

4. Scatter the remaining bread evenly. Followed by another ½ cup raisins and then the last of the custard. Again, press the bread down gently to allow the custard to absorb into the bread.

5. Place bread pudding into a pan that is large enough to hold both the pan and a water bath. Pour enough hot water into the pan to come halfway up the sides of the pudding pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Remove from oven carefully and serve with Toffee Sauce.

6. To make Toffee Sauce, stir brown sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add cream and vanilla and bring to a simmer. Simmer for about 5 minutes.

Oatmeal Bread

Oats, in my opinion, is one of the best things to bake with. It's such a verse ital ingredient that you can really make it with anything. My father, you is a big time griller, has even been grilling with oats. Lately, he who loves burgers, has been going to the healthy side. Lately, he's been grilling turkey burgers! One of the main ingredients? Rolled Oats. It really does add great flavor to the turkey burgers..

Side from that, I decided to make Oatmeal Bread today. I debated on weather or not to make them with raisins, and I decided that I just wanted Oatmeal Bread. Not one with raisins. This Oatmeal bread is a nice golden, cake like bread, and goes great with peanut butter or jam, like strawberry jam. And if it becomes a little stale, simply toast it a little before serving. It's a really delicious loaf of bread.

Recipe

1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1/2 cup raisins (optional)


1. In a bowl, stir together the buttermilk and rolled oats. Let stand for 30 minutes.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 1/2" by 6 1/4" loaf pan. Dust with flour.

3. In another bowl, stir together the flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Add the sugar, butter and eggs to the oatmeal mixture (this is where you'd add the raisins if you wanted a Oatmeal Raisin Bread). Beat until well blended. Add the dry ingredients and beat until just blended.

4. Pour and scrape the batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake until a thin wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely. Serve with a jam, like strawberry jam if desired.

Loaded Banana Bread

So, I came up with this today while cleaning out the pantry. A few weeks ago, a family friend was cleaning his house up and getting rid of things that he no longer needed. Since his wife is no longer living with him, he had no need for all the baking supply she left at the house nor did she want them. Being the kind person he is, he gave all of it to me! And there was a lot!

I got so much that I was seriously overwhelmed! I didn't know what to do with all of it! I'd never had so many things to make! Nonetheless, I was so happy to know that I had to many hings to use to bake with. And today I was trying to clean it up and decided to whip this up.

This Banana Bread serious is loaded. With Peanut M&M's, Peanut Butter Chips, Dark Chocolate Chips and Walnuts; It's just love in a loaf of bread.

Recipe

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 whole wheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tbsp. grated orange peel
2 large banana's, ripe
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup peanut M&M's, crushed slightly
2 large eggs
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
8 tbsp. butter, melted
1/4 cup whole milk


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 5" or a 8 x 4" loaf pan.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and orange peel. Set aside.

3. In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar and melted butter. Add eggs and mix together. Add milk and mashed banana's into mixture, mixing well. Add to flour mixture being careful not to over mix.

4. Fold in dark chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, peanut M&M's and walnuts. Pour into buttered pan and top with extra walnuts, if desired. Bake for about 50-55 minutes or till done. Cool in pan for several minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.

Banana Nut Bread

I am a Banana Bread freak, which, many know. And I've gone threw my share of different Banana Bread recipes. I'm always trying to find a really tasty recipe for Banana Bread. The regular Banana Nut Bread has always been my favorite, and I thought I had already found a recipe that I thought was the best; Till I found this one.

I was reading a bread baking book the other day at my local Barnes and Noble when I came across this recipe. The recipe used only brown sugar, no white sugar, which I'd not really done in my banana breads. I may have used both, but each banana bread I'd made had white sugar in it. And theres also whole wheat flour in it, which makes it healthier (Banana Bread can be healthy!).

So I got the recipe and decided to try it out. And I am in love with this Banana Bread. I didn't think any recipe could top the one I usually use, but this stumped the old recipe. Everything in it just came out wonderfully and balanced well. Very, very delicious bread, thats all I got to say.

Recipe

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 whole wheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tbsp. grated orange peel
2 large banana's, ripe
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
2 large eggs
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
6 tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 cup whole milk


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 5" or a 8 x 4" loaf pan.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and orange peel. Set aside.

3. In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar and melted butter. Add eggs and mix together. Add milk and mashed banana's into mixture, mixing well. Add to flour mixture being careful not to over mix.

4. Fold in 1/2 cup of the walnuts into batter. Pour into buttered pan and top with reserved walnuts. Bake for about 50-55 minutes or till done. Cool in pan for several minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.

Raisin Nut Bread

I came to realize that I hadn't made bread since who knows when. Not having baked any in so long, I decided that it was time to bake up some yummy, delicious bread for indulgence. Usually, I'm always baking up some kind of Banana Bread. Whether it be Chocolate Chip Banana Bread or Peanut Butter Banana Bread, it would usually have banana's in it.

However, for once, I wasn't in the mood for any kind of banana bread. Which is a shocked for me; In my house, I'm known for being the one to eat all the Banana Bread! I was however in the mood for anything with raisins or cranberries. I don't really understand why, but I've been having these really strong craving for any kind of dried fruit! And since I had raisins on hand, raisin nut bread was what came to mind.

Took time and I hate waiting, but it the end, it was worth it. Though the bread wasn't really as moist as say, banana bread would be, it was still moist enough and very, very delicious. A great morning breakfast!

Recipe

2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp. grated orange peel


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Mix in walnuts and raisins to coat with flour mixture. Set aside.

3. In a medium bowl, mix orange juice, butter, egg and orange peel. Add to flour mixture with a wooden spoon until just blended.

4. Pour into a greased 9x5 or 8x4 loaf pan and bake in 350 degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes or until done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Sweet Country Cornbread

Cornbread is always a great side for any meal. In my opinion that is. With leftovers from Thanksgiving, I decided to make up some mini cornbreads. Some people like they're cornbread dry and some like it very cake like. I'm sort of in the middle of the two. I don't want it to dry, but nor do I want it to cake like. This recipe is a great one for people like me who are in between.


Recipe

1 1/4 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted


1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a square 8x8 inch pan or a 9 mini loaf pan.

2. Beat milk, butter and egg in a large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients until flour is moistened. Batter will be lumpy. Pour into pan.

3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

Dutch Apple Bread

Not only do I have pounds of apples, but I have pounds of apples that I didn't really know what to do with. A little over a week ago, my Nana went to South Carolina and they have really good apples. I asked her if she could bring be back some apples so I could bake with them. She said she would. I was so excited and couldn't wait to get the apples.

When she came back, she didn't just bring me a some apples. She brought me back about 5 bags worth!! I have no idea what she was thinking, but now I have a bunch of apples that I need to do something with before they go bad! So, I'm going to have to start baking up a bunch of things that have apples!

I hadn't baked any bread lately, so thats what first came to mind. Bread. I love cinnamon with apples. Beside chocolate and peanut butter, I think cinnamon is a great combination with apples. It just really gives it a good flavor. It's also very fall like. So, I decided to wipe out the apples and make a Dutch Apple Bread. The topping for this bread was astounding! It was sweet. And this bread really made it feel like fall was here.

Recipe

For Topping

1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1 tbsp. apple cider
1 tbsp. oil

For Bread

2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups apples, peeled and chopped
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
3 large egg whites
3 tbsp. oil
1 tsp. vanilla


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, salt and toasted walnuts. With a fork, mix in oil and apple cider until crumbly. Set aside for later.

2. In a large bowl, beat in eggs. Add in cream of tartar until soft. Slowly pour in 1/2 cup of sugar until stiff peaks form.

3. In a large bowl, mix together flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

4. In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Stir wet ingredients with dry until moistened. Fold in apples. Add in about 1/3 of the stiff egg whites and fold to lighten the batter. Fold in the rest and make sure not to overmix.

5. Evenly divide batter into two 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pans coated with nonstick spray. Sprinkle the batter with the topping.

6. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let cool in pan for about 10 minutes then take out to let cool completely.

Pumpkin Bread

Due to a few family issues, I hadn't seen my grandmother in the longest of time. I decided I wanted to pay her a visit today because I felt that with all the problems that she is currently going threw, it would be nice. But, I didn't want to show up empty handed. I wanted to make her something nice.

When I think of the season Autumn, first thing I think of is Pumpkin. And since it is that time of year, I wanted to bake something with pumpkin. Since I'm really big on baking bread, it was what I decided on baking.

Of course, I did not want to leave it as just plain Pumpkin Bread. I had to add something in there. Walnuts and raisins sounded really good with pumpkin, and raisins and walnut are kind of like a autumn food.

It came out positively amazing. First bite I took and it certainly felt like autumn. It was very cake like, which I like it that way. I was very satisfied with how this came out, and I could tell my grandmother enjoyed it as well. I'm defiantly going to make this again.

Recipe

2 cups flour
1 1/4 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
3 large eggs
1 3/4 cups pumpkin
3/4 cup vegetable oil

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, nuts, raisins, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, allspice, and ginger until well blended.

3. In another bowl, whisk together eggs, Mashed Pumpkin, and oil until well blended.

4. Add wet ingredients to flour mixture and stir just until well blended. Pour equally into two oiled 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pans.

5. Bake in the oven for about 50-60 minutes. Let cool.

Banana Coconutty Bread

Lately, I've been in this Banana craze. And when my aunt made me Banana Bread, I died and went to heaven. When I got home, I wanted to make my own. So thats exactly what I did; I made some Banana Bread! And I have to say, it came out very good.

I made my own personal sundae out of it. I cut 3 slices, crumbled them into a mug, poured milk on top, put a lot of chocolate syrup over it, and whipped cream. Everyone thinks its weird how I soak it in milk; they just don't understand how delicious it is!

Recipe

1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 to 4 medium)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup of nuts [any of your choice]
1/2 cup flaked coconut

1. Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 350°F . Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
2. Stir together sugar and butter in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat with wire whisk until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts and coconut. Pour into pans.
3. Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours.