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Hawaiian Banana Bread

Hawaiian Banana Bread

This Hawaiian Banana Bread is the perfect combination of sweet and nutty with a tropical taste.

A regular Banana Bread is already so divine all by itself.

But imagine a regular banana bread combine with some pineapples and nuts, to make a Hawaiian Banana Bread recipe that will have you craving for more.

It gives you the best warm tropical breeze feeling.

The smell of it baking in the oven is the most beautiful aroma ever.

I would buy a banana bread baking fragrance for my home.

I hope you give this beautiful and amazing recipe a try.

It is so perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner and so much appropriate for any time of the year.

However, I am warning you that it will be so delicious, so just make plenty of it for those that can’t just have one slice.

Okay… again I did warn you.

Sliced Hawaiian Banana Bread
Sliced Hawaiian Banana Bread

How to make Hawaiian Banana Bread?

You won’t believe how easy this recipe is… just too easy and you will be out of the kitchen in no time.

Once you cream your butter and sugar with some milk and then adding the eggs, vanilla and mashed bananas… you are half way there.

Whisk the dry ingredients and then add the wet ingredients to it.

Gently stir in the sliced strawberries in the batter and then pour it in a greased loaf pan.

Bake for about 60 to 70 minutes and then once cool, you can enjoy a slice of your Strawberry Banana Bread.

Can I freeze this Hawaiian Banana Bread?

Yes you can freeze this type of Banana Bread whether as a whole loaf or individual slices.

Once it is cool, wrap it up tightly in plastic wrap and then put it in a freezer Ziploc bag.

Add Ins Option

Now if you are not a fan of nuts, that’s perfectly fine to omit it from this recipe.

However, below are a few other options you could add with the crushed pineapples too.

  • Cherries
  • Coconut flakes
  • Chocolate chips

Step By Step Pictures

Left Photo: All the dry ingredients before whisking them.
Right Photo: Adding the mashed ripe bananas, eggs and vanilla to the creamed butter.
Left Photo: All the dry ingredients before whisking them.
Right Photo: Adding the mashed ripe bananas, eggs and vanilla to the creamed butter.
Left Photo: Adding the crushed pineapples to the mixture.
Right Photo: After mixing the wet with the dry ingredients.
Left Photo: Adding the crushed pineapples to the mixture.
Right Photo: After mixing the wet with the dry ingredients.
Left Photo: Adding the chopped walnuts to the batter.
Right Photo: Finished batter in a loaf pan, ready to bake.
Left Photo: Adding the chopped walnuts to the batter.
Right Photo: Finished batter in a loaf pan, ready to bake.
Hawaiian Banana Bread out of the loaf pan after baking and cooled.
Hawaiian Banana Bread out of the loaf pan after baking and cooled.

Hawaiian Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 1/2 cup butter or 1 stick, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup nuts (pecan or walnut), chopped
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 8 oz can crushed pineapple in 100% juice, drained
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with butter or coat with baking spray and dust lightly with some flour.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ground nutmeg. Set aside.
  3. In a separate large bowl, beat the sugar, butter and milk with a hand mixer on high speed.
  4. Add the vanilla extract, mashed bananas, crushed pineapples and eggs to the creamed butter.
  5. Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula at first. Then use the hand mixer to make sure that all the ingredients are combined together. Do not over mix though.
  6. Add your choice of nuts to the batter and fold in gently with a spatula.
  7. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
  8. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a knife or toothpick is inserted into the center and it comes out clean.
  9. Remove from the oven after baking and let it stand for about 15 minutes, before taking it out of the loaf pan.
  10. Once it is cool to your desire, slice and enjoy.
Sliced Hawaiian Banana Bread
Sliced Hawaiian Banana Bread

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Sliced Hawaiian Banana Bread

Hawaiian Banana Bread

Yield: 1 Loaf
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

This Hawaiian Banana Bread is the perfect combination of sweet and nutty with a tropical taste.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 1/2 cup butter or 1 stick, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup nuts (pecan or walnut), chopped
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 8 oz can crushed pineapple in 100% juice, drained
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with butter or coat with baking spray and dust lightly with some flour.
    2. In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ground nutmeg. Set aside.
    3. In a separate large bowl, beat the sugar, butter and milk with a hand mixer on high speed.
    4. Add the vanilla extract, mashed bananas, crushed pineapples and eggs to the creamed butter.
    5. Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula at first. Then use the hand mixer to make sure that all the ingredients are combined together. Do not over mix though.
    6. Add your choice of nuts to the batter and fold in gently with a spatula.
    7. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
    8. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a knife or toothpick is inserted into the center and it comes out clean.
    9. Remove from the oven after baking and let it stand for about 15 minutes, before taking it out of the loaf pan.
    10. Once it is cool to your desire, slice and enjoy.

Notes

  • Please keep in mind that every oven is different, so the baking time varies.
  • Nutrition Information:
    Yield: 12 slices Serving Size: 1
    Amount Per Serving: Calories: 281Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 292mgCarbohydrates: 40gFiber: 2gSugar: 21gProtein: 5g

    The nutritional information that is provided, is computer generated and therefore it is an estimate. Please do your own research with the ingredients that are listed here, if you have any concern about any specific diet or your health.

    Christine S

    Sunday 29th of March 2020

    Hi. This recipe is delicious. Thank you for posting it! I just made your bread and followed all directions. Except, my bread was done in 40 minutes! That's pretty far off the 60 plus minutes that you recommend. Just wanted to let you know.

    Yanique Vincent

    Sunday 29th of March 2020

    Hi Christine S, thank you so much for giving my recipe a try. I appreciate it a lot. Thank you so much for letting me know of the time difference. Please note that every oven gives different timing. Last year we moved to a new house and the oven that came with the house takes right around 45 minutes to bake a bread. My previous oven would be the time that's on this recipe. I didn't want to change it to my new oven timing because again every oven gives different timing. Thanks again for giving it a try and that it was delicious.

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