Recipes

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9 5 inch metal loaf pan with flour-added cooking spray.

Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.

Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, using high speed of an electric mixer; add eggs, one by one, beating 30 seconds after each egg. Beat in vanilla and bananas. Stir in pineapple.

Stir flour mixture into banana mixture in three parts mixing (not beating) with a spoon. Stir in nuts. Transfer to loaf pan.

Bake until top of loaf is golden brown and a tester comes out clean, about 55 - 65 minutes. Remove from oven, cool in pan for 10 minutes and turn out onto rack. Spoon glaze over the top of warm loaf and sprinkle with 2 Tablespoons shredded coconut.

For Glaze: Mix 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar with 5 teaspoons of key lime juice until it is smooth.

Makes 1 loaf.

This is another of the million banana bread recipes to be found on the net or cookbooks. I made it tropical by adding pineapple, coconut and macadamia nuts. The glaze (not shown) is optional.