{"id":197,"date":"2019-08-02T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/2013\/05\/03\/jamaican-banana-bread\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T01:17:02","slug":"jamaican-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/en\/2019\/08\/02\/jamaican-banana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican Banana Bread Recipe + VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What do you do when those overripe bananas get ugly on your kitchen counter? You mash them and bake this delicious Jamaican banana bread! What can be better than this? Keep reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Banana bread is a clear example of what recycling in the kitchen means. You cook with what you have and take advantage of it, even if it is ugly overripe bananas. It’s recycling in the making, and no more food waste!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Banana bread became popular in the United States during World War II. Food was scarce, and even bananas were expensive. Cooks managed to take advantage of those overripe bananas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to elevate your banana bread<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Making banana bread is very simple. Today’s recipe is about elevating banana bread and taking it to the next level. And how do we do it? Add nutmeg, chopped pecans, and lots of raisins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The result is an aromatic, dense, moist, not-so-sweet bread with crunchy pecans and wet raisins on every bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamaican banana bread<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I must warn you, though, that this banana bread is not what you are used to. It’s not that the traditional one isn’t delicious. But with all those raisins and nuts, this one is simply world-class!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s called Jamaican banana bread. I found the recipe in Breads, <\/em>a cookbook I bought when I was 19. I have been baking it regularly since, and I can tell you: it is the best banana bread ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make the best banana bread<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Besides a couple of ripe bananas, to make this banana bread, you will need some basic kitchen tools and ingredients: <\/p>\n\n\n\n