Instructions: To toast coconut: Spread on baking sheet and toast at 350F for 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cream butter. Add honey in a fine stream while beating. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in milk and vanilla. Sift flour with salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add coconut and nuts. Mix mashed bananas, lemon juice and lemon peel. Add dry ingredients alternately with banana mixture to butter mixture, blending only until all is moistened.

Spoon into a well greased 9" by 5" loaf pan. Bake in 350 F oven for 55 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes on wire rack, then remove from pan and allow it to cool on a wire rack. This bread slices better as it ages. It ages and freezes well.

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