Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 slice)
  • Calories:
  • 239
  • Fat:
  • 11 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 6 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 42 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 236 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 33 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 4 g
Contest Winning Recipe

Aloha Quick Bread

This recipe has been a family favorite for several years. The addition of coconut, orange peel, pineapple and nuts gives a new twist to a loaf of banana bread. It's so good I sometimes serve slices of it for dessert. -Lanita Anderson, Chesapeake, Virginia

SERVINGS

16

CATEGORY

Dessert

METHOD

Baked

PREP

15 min.

COOK

80 min.

TOTAL

95 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup crushed pineapple

DIRECTIONS

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in banana, milk, orange peel and extracts.
    Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in the coconut, nuts and pineapple. Transfer to a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan.
    Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 8, 2008

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