Tropical Nut Bread Recipes

HAWAIIAN BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, sugar and cinnamon. Add the walnuts, eggs, oil, banana, pineapple, vanilla, coconut and cherries; stir just until blended. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 60 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine coconut oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; whisk well to combine. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir well until combined. Fold in bananas, pineapple, and coconut; stir until just blended. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

TROPICAL KAHLUA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375^. Grease well bottoms and corners (not sides) of 2 loaf pans (5x8-inches). Set aside.
• 2. Using an electric mixer, cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition.
• 3. Add pineapple and juice, and mashed banana, mix well.
• 4. Next, add the Kahlua and cream; mix well to combine.
• 5. Add 1 cup of the flour and mix to blend. In the second cup of flour add the baking powder and baking soda, stir to blend slightly. Add to batter; mix to blend well.
• 6. Mix in the vanilla and coconut extracts; blend.
• 7. Remove bowl from mixer and fold in the coconut and the nuts until combined.
• 8. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
• 9. Bake in 375^ oven for 25 minutes. Turn pans around.
• 10. Then turn oven to 350^ and bake for 20 more minutes or until tested done with a wooden toothpick. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• 11. Then remove by running a table knife around edges and turn oven in your oven mitt hand and tap bottom of loaf out and place on wire rack to cool.
• 12. If desired, make a drizzle of orange juice and powdered sugar for the top and decorate with maraschino cherry halves.

TROPICAL NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Combine pineapple, including liquid, bananas and orange juice.
• In large bowl of electric mixer, cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour alternately with pineapple mixture, mixing only enough to moisten flour. Stir in nuts.
• Pour into prepared pan; bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until done.

TROPICAL FRUIT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Grease and flour bottom ONLY of 8x4 or 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine quick bread mix, water, oil and egg.
• Stir for 50-75 strokes with spoon till moist.
• Stir in fruit and orange peel.
• Pour batter into greased prepared pan.
• Bake 350 for 55-60 minutes for 8x4 pan, or 45-55 minutes for 9x5 pan.
• test with toothpick to see if its done.
• Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes.
• remove from pan and cool 30 minutes till totally cooled.
• in small bowl, blend powdered sugar and orange juice till desired glaze consistency.
• brush over loaf.
• wrap tightly and store in fridge.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Spread the macadamia nuts on one rimmed baking sheet and the coconut on another. Toast, tossing occasionally, until the macadamia nuts and coconut are golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Let the nuts cool, then roughly chop.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, macadamia nuts and coconut in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs, yogurt and vanilla. Stir in the bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the dry mixture until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 65 minutes to 75 minutes. Let the bread cool for 15 minutes in the pan. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on a rack.