Tropical Quick Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 cup chopped dates (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts or 1/2 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 in a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until well combined.
• 3 beat egg in another bowl and add the oil, vanilla, banana and pineapple. mix well. add to dry ingredients until well moistened. fold in dates and nuts.
• 4 pour batter into a greased 9x5 loaf pan. bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inseted in the middle comes out clean. cool in pan for 10 minutes and then remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
• 5 note: may also be baked in a 9x9 square pan for 35-45 minutes.