Grandmama’s Hawaiian Nut Bread
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Get a taste of Hawaii with Grandmama’s Hawaiian nut bread! Packed with pineapple sweetness, coconut hints, and nutty textures, it’s a tropical delight perfect for breakfast or a snack that brings the aloha spirit to your table! Thanks to Amanda Dobbs for sending in this recipe!
Get ready to taste a slice of Hawaiian paradise with this irresistible Hawaiian nut bread recipe! Packed with the sunny flavors of the islands, this bread combines the nuttiness of your favorite nuts with the sweetness of pineapple and a hint of coconut. Baked to perfection, it’s like a mini-vacation in every bite. Whether you’re starting your day with a slice or treating yourself to a midday snack, this Hawaiian nut bread is guaranteed to bring a taste of aloha to your kitchen!
You’ll love how easy this recipe is to make, and what fun flavors this brings to any table. Serve it warmed slightly with some butter on top and you’ve got a slice of paradise on your plate!
What You’ll Need to Make Grandmama’s Hawaiian Nut Bread:
Dry Ingredients:
- flour
- sugar
- baking soda
- salt
- cinnamon
- pecans (chopped)
- shredded coconut
Wet Ingredients:
- eggs
- bananas (mashed)
- vegetable or canola oil
- vanilla
- coconut extract
- crushed pineapple
How to Make Grandmama’s Hawaiian Nut Bread:
In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
In a separate large bowl, mix together all the wet ingredients.
Add the combined wet ingredients to the mixed dry ingredients…
…and stir together the wet and dry ingredients with a spatula until just combined.
Prepare 2 bread pans with a piece of parchment paper to lift the loaf out and nonstick spray.
Pour the batter into the prepared pans. Top with more chopped pecans if you want!
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let the loafs cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
Use the parchment paper to lift the loaf from the pan and place the loaf on a cooling rack. Continue to cool completely.
Slice the bread once cooled…
And serve with butter on top! Enjoy this slice of paradise!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 3 cups plain flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teapoon salt
- 1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup shredded coconut
Wet Ingredients
- 3 whisked eggs
- 2 cups mashed bananas
- 1-1/2 cups vegetable or canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 to 2 tsp coconut extract to taste
- 8 oz can crushed pineapple drained
Instructions
- In large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
- In separate bowl, whisk together wet ingredients.
- Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir with a spatula just until moistened.
- Pour into 2 greased and floured 5x9 inch loaf pans.
- Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan to the wire rack and cool completely. Makes 2 loaves.
Christy, can this recipe be frozen? I do a lot of baking for our church coffee fellowship hour….we freeze items and then the volunteers can serve whatever they find in the cupboard(freezer). I’m not sure about freezing coconut or pineapple.
Yes, this recipe freezes wonderfully well. Normally, we wrap in heavy duty foil and then put in freezer bag. We do this all the time and it is yummy!
Yes, this recipe freezes wonderfully well. Normally, we wrap in heavy duty foil and then put in freezer bag. We do this all the time and it is yummy!
Wonderful recipe! Made it this weekend. Kept one for my family and took one to a neighbor recovering from surgery. In fact, I just finished the last piece of my loaf! Love your site.
My sister, Denise, an avid fan of Southern Plate, made this wonderful bread as a housewarming gift for my son and his wife yesterday. Along with this delicious bread she brought bread cloth made and embroidered by another sister. I am so thankful that the granddaughter of Grandma Molcie shared her memories and the recipe. I will be making this recipe today for a dear friend. This just shows what Southern Plate is about, sharing good food, wonderful families and love!! By the way, I rate this as a 5 star recipe
I made this recipe this week and it was soooo good and easy!
Thank you Grandmama Molcie!!!
I absolutely loved the story. It brought back so many memories. I can certainly remember all the wonderful times with my grandmother. How blessed we are when we have such a wonderful grandmother and mother! I am now a grandmother, and I try every day to be the best grandmother that I can be. Thank you for bringing back the precious memories.
This is a grandmama to emulate – a woman to emulate. God bless you both, and thanks so much for this heavenly recipe!
Wonderful story of Grandmama Dobbs! The recipe sounds delish. My dear husband loves to bake and often bakes banana bread, but this sounds so much more special. Will have to make it and surprise him!