This Banana Pineapple Bread is incredibly moist and is ever so slightly coconut flavored thanks to the coconut oil in the batter. You’ll definitely want seconds of this easy banana bread recipe! 
Ultra Moist Banana Pineapple Bread
I’m no stranger to banana bread recipes. In fact, I have 35+ Favorite Banana Bread and Banana Recipes. But this is the first time I’ve made banana bread with coconut oil and it won’t be the last. The results are magical.
This bread makes me think of spring, warmer weather, and of being on a tropical vacation. Like all my banana bread recipes, it comes together with a whisk and just one bowl. No mixer, no creaming ingredients, nothing fussy.
Paradoxically, when baking with coconut oil, it doesn’t impart a blast of in-your-face coconut intensity. I liken it to a vacation-scented flavor rather than licking a bottle of tanning oil. There’s barely a hint of detectable coconut flavor, perfect for those who aren’t fond of coconut.
I think when most people object to coconut, it’s shredded or flaked coconut that they’re thinking of. Those forms have very distinct and powerful flavors and scents. And there’s that stringy texture that’s also a consideration. I love coconut oil, but even I have to be in the right mood for shredded coconut.
Courtesy of the coconut oil, buttermilk, and bananas, this bread is springy-soft and bouncy. It’s like a trampoline I wish I could jump on because it’s so cushioney, soft, tender, and ridiculously moist.
The pineapple and its natural juices also tenderize the bread. I used frozen pineapple chunks from Trader Joe’s, and stirred them in straight from the freezer.
The sweetness from the bananas and pineapple, coupled with the coconut oil, made these loaves scrumptiously good. This is pineapple-banana bread, rather than banana-pineapple, and the coconut oil is hardly noticeable. It’s in the background and adds flavor you can’t quite put your finger on, but you’ll want more of it.
The pinch of nutmeg I added was a departure from my usual cinnamon-fiending ways. Nutmeg adds a nuttiness, warmth, and fullness of flavor. It’s almost like using browned butter and adds a homey quality. It’s less intense than cinnamon, and a perfect compliment for the pineapple.
Feel free to freeze the second loaf for a rainy day. Or give it away to a friend. Or just hog it. They’re pretty small loaves and go fast.
I made this bread the night before I started my 3-day juice cleanse and it was one of the first things I ate after the cleanse. Knowing I had it waiting for me on the other side of those three days was wonderful. Four days after I made it, it was still totally fresh, soft, and it’s perfect as is!
How to Make Banana Pineapple Bread
In a large bowl, combine eggs, melted coconut oil, buttermilk, sugars, and vanilla and whisk to combine. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt, and stir to incorporate.
Stir in bananas and frozen pineapple, then pour batter into greased 8×4-inch loaf pans. Bake until the top of the banana pineapple bread is golden and set.
This banana bread with coconut oil lasts for days at room temperature, but you can also freeze the slices and reheat them later when a banana bread craving hits! You can make a homemade strawberry butter to go on top, or enjoy plain. However you eat this banana bread, you’re sure to love it!
Tips for the Best Banana Pineapple Bread
I’m always in the mood for coconut oil because of the moistness, softness, and tenderness it lends to baked goods. If you absolutely don’t want to bake with coconut oil, you can use melted or browned butter, canola or vegetable oil. I’ve done them all, but coconut oil is my new favorite.
If desired, you could swap out the frozen pineapple for mango, peaches, nectarines, strawberries or your favorite frozen or seasonal fruit. No matter what type of fruit you use in this banana bread recipe, my top tip when baking with frozen fruit is to stir it in frozen rather than first thawing them. Frozen fruit is less mushy and fragile, and it runs less all over the batter.
This banana pineapple bread recipe makes two smaller 8-by-4-inch loaves, and I’d imagine you could bake it as muffins or some muffins plus a little loaf. I find loaves to be faster and easier; filling one big pan versus twelve muffin wells, but do what you like.
Whatever you do, don’t try to bake it as one big 9-by-5 loaf because I fear it would either overflow or the center wouldn’t cook through before the tops and sides became too browned.
More Banana Bread Recipes:
- Six-Banana Banana Bread — Not sure what to do with overripe bananas you have on hand? Make this Six-Banana Banana Bread! This is the best banana bread recipe EVER — it’s so moist and flavorful!
- Brown Sugar Blueberry Banana Bread — Super moist blueberry banana bread made with Greek yogurt and dark brown sugar. Smear some homemade blueberry butter onto a slice of this blueberry brown sugar banana bread and prepare to fall in love!
- Cream Cheese-Filled Banana Bread — Banana bread that’s like having cheesecake baked in! Soft, fluffy, easy and tastes ahhhh-mazing!
- Zucchini Banana Bread — This Zucchini Banana Bread is so soft, tender, uber-moist, dense enough to be satisfying, but still light!
- Carrot Banana Bread — This super moist, springy, tender carrot banana bread is bread that reminds me of cake and I’m not complaining. It’s an easy, no mixer recipe that goes from bowl to oven in minutes.
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Coconut Oil Banana Pineapple Bread
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted*
- ⅓ cup buttermilk**
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg, optional but recommended
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 to 1 ¼ cups mashed ripe bananas, 2 large or 3 small ripe bananas
- 1 cup pineapple, diced (I used frozen)***
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray two 8-by-4-inch loaf pans with floured cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the eggs, coconut oil, buttermilk, sugars, vanilla, and whisk to combine.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, optional salt, and stir to just incorporate; don’t overmix because the gluten will overdevelop and bread will be tougher.
- Stir in bananas. Stir in pineapple (if using frozen, just add it frozen, no need to thaw it first. If using fresh or canned, make sure it’s well-drained or it could water-down the batter).
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for about 45 minutes, or until top is golden and set, a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean (banana bread is gooey and it may not come out perfectly clean). If bread is browning too fast on the top, you may wish to lower your oven temperature to 325F in last 15 minutes of cooking, or tent the pan with foil; although I don’t suspect this will be an issue.
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 15 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. Optionally serve with Browned Butter Vanilla Glaze or Make Pineapple Butter rather than Strawberry Butter.
- Bread will keep for up to 1 week in an airtight container or large Ziplock at room temperature (I wrap my fully cooled bread in Clingwrap, then I place it in a gallon-sized Ziplock). Second loaf may be frozen for up to 3 months.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Had this recipe saved via Pinterest for a couple months now and just made it this morning. I used canned pineapple and very, very ripe bananas so probably should have reduced the sugar a bit, but it was fantastic. I also went with half whole wheat pastry flour, and you couldn’t even tell there was whole wheat flour in there. Delicious! Now onto trying more of your recipes…
Thanks for trying the recipe and so glad it was a hit for you! Yes, canned pineapple and really ripe bananas and it was probably on the sweeter side, but the WW flour probably balanced it, a bit. Glad to know it still worked and rose well even with half WW flour. Keep me posted if you try other recipes!
Looks fantastic..can’t wait more to have this wonderful thing..i’ll going to make this in evening!
I just made the banana bread with pears instead of pineapple be ause I had pears on hand. It was so easy and it’s so good! I just hope I don’t eat it all before my family gets home to try it!
So glad to hear that you liked it and made it! Pears sound wonderful, too. Fresh juicy pears are a delicacy to me! Hope your family enjoys this too! Stay tuned next week Wednesday b/c I have another coconut oil-banana recipe coming :)
i almost wish you would stop posting these recipes! i live alone and i am old, fat and lazy, and don’t want to have to do more exercise than needed to keep my 2 60+ lb dogs in shape. i can’t make all this good stuff without my BMI going from borderline fat to hugely obese. i’ve seen your picture, and you are not a big person, i don’t know how you do it. i know that coconut oil costs a fortune, and didn’t need to know that it would make these baked goods even better.
oh, well. i guess when i get home tomorrow i’llhave a whole slew of new recipes to try out. guess i’d better put on my walkin’ shoes and get out those leashes. my dogs are going to appreciate the increased exercise regimen that’s going to be necessary.
They now sell big quart size jars of coconut oil at Trader Joe’s for about 6.99 and they sell 12 oz jars at most grocery stores now for maybe 8.99-10.99. So maybe slightly more expensive than a decent-quality olive oil for the same size, but not by much. Check it out!
And I don’t eat every morsel of every thing I make in entirety! I have a family, friends, etc. and am more than happy to share with them. And I also run 5 miles a day and chase after my daughter and cook and photograph on my feet all day so it works out :)
Thanks. I haven’t been to TJ’s in a few weeks, and hadn’t looked for coconut oil when I was there last. Definitely going to pick up a jar when I go next week.
I’m not going to run 5 miles a day as you do, but I can probably increase the distance when I walk my dogs, who are looking pretty fat after being with a dogsitter for the past few days. I love your recipes that I’ve tried already, and can’t wait to try this pineapple coconut oil banana bread.
Made this the other day and it was soooooooo good! It was sorta weird in that it didn’t really rise at all in the center, but it still tasted fantastic!!! Super moist too. I only used about 1 C of sugar and I thought it was still a little too sweet,I think next time I will only add 3/4 C of sugar :)
Thanks for LMK you made it! Mine didn’t rise a ton in the center either (some but not a huge, big dome). I think b/c it’s so moist :) Glad the sugar amounts worked for you with what you did. Sometimes bananas are more or less sweet, and with the variance in pineapple too, always good to sweeten to taste. But I do love a nice, sweet banana bread :)
I found this the other day while surfing pinterest and had to try it because my mom has been telling me all the benefits of coconut oil so your recipe was great to try using coconut oil I made it earlier using the 1/4 cup greek yogurt (vanilla) and crushed pineapple instead of diced and it came out amazingly delicious… from my family to yours we thank you this will definitely be in our family for many years to come… keep the recipes coming =)
So glad you tried this and that it worked out so well for you! I love feedback like this, that you will use the recipe for years to come! Thanks for the details about what you used (greek yog and crushed pineapple) and so happy it all worked out perfectly. If you make any other recipes, please LMK!
If you want to use up some coconut oil, these 3 cookies are both excellent, with the first being one of my all time fave cookies ever!
https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2013/02/soft-batch-dark-brown-sugar-coconut-oil-cookies.html
https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2013/03/soft-and-puffy-peanut-butter-coconut-oil-cookies.html
https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2013/01/coconut-oil-white-chocolate-cookies.html
I think I just fell head over heels in love with your blog. You are in Southern Cali ( where I grew up) you make and bake all kinds of things tropical ( which I love) and you bake with coconut oil ( which I do all the time)
I pretty much want to pin everything, then print out everything and make it all!!
You are so sweet! Thanks for finding me and stopping by! Based on your post about the mango lassi, check this post out..there lots of related links to some of my fave smoothies https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2013/03/pineapple-mango-vitamin-c-booster-smoothie.html
The combination is unique. I like pineapple and banana both. I made this beautiful, healthy bread for breakfast. It is fluffy, soft, tender and moist as you told. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks for coming back to tell me you tried it! Glad you liked it and it turned out as promised! Thanks for the feedback!
I love coconut in all her forms – add pineapple to that equation, and I’m hooked! (Yes, even when bananas are involved!) :D
Gorgeous photos, Averie!
Thanks, Val! And for the pin, too!
You always have the best banana bread recipes!
You do!! yours is the FIRST SQUARE on FG right now. :)
I honestly don’t even know how that happened! I submitted like 2 hours ago!
How do you not know!? lol They should send you emails saying they accepted, post appearing shortly type thing. haha!
Oh man I should sign up for the email thingys. I always have to manually check!