Best Hawaiian Banana Nut Bread

I threw this recipe together from various other recipes. I am new to baking, but this bread is the best I have made yet! It is absolutely delicious and I urge you to try it!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Calories: 441 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon milk
• ⅔ cup flaked coconut
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• ⅔ cup canola oil
• ½ teaspoon coconut extract
• ¼ cup chopped macadamia nuts
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 1 ⅓ cups mashed bananas
• ⅔ cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 4 teaspoons applesauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Mix flour, 1 1/4 cup white sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir mashed banana, canola oil, pineapple, flaked coconut, 1/4 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, eggs, applesauce, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and coconut extract into flour mixture until blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 70 to 80 minutes. Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes; remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool, 20 to 30 minutes.

Step 4

Mix butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, and milk together in a bowl. Spread on top of bread once it has been transferred to the wire rack.