Pineapple macadamia bread

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupSifted all-purpose flour
4teaspoons(1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon) baking powder
1teaspoonSalt
½teaspoonBaking soda
cupCoarsely chopped unsalted macadamia nuts
6tablespoons(3/4 stick) butter, softened
cupLight brown sugar, firmly packed
2Eggs
2cupsCanned crushed pineapple (undrained)
¼cupGranulated sugar
1teaspoonGround cinnamon

Directions

I've been making this recipe since I was a teenager. It originally appeared in that big, beautiful cookbook by Mary and Vincent Price.

I consider it somewhat closer to a coffee cake than to a standard fruit bread. In any event, folks here have loved it. It can be mailed, and is nice for Easter gifts. (You could make smaller loaves using mini loaf pans; just make sure to bake it for less time.) 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Butter two (1-pound) loaf pans.

3. Sift dry ingredients into large bowl.

4. Stir in macadamia nuts.

5. In mixing bowl, cream butter with brown sugar.

6. Add eggs; continue beating until mixture is smooth.

7. Stir in one-half of the flour-nut mixture.

8. Stir in crushed pineapple (including juice).

9. Add remaining flour-nut mixture, continuing to stir until it is well-blended.

10. Pour batter into prepared pans.

11. Combine granulated sugar with cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over loaves.

12. Place pans in oven and bake until done (50 - 60 minutes).

13. Leave loaves in pan for 5 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool.

Posted to EAT-L Digest 13 Mar 97 by Teasel <teasel@...> on Mar 14, 1997