Recipe: Pineapple Nut Bread (using macadamia nuts and fresh pineapple)

PINEAPPLE NUT BREAD

3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
1 cup finely chopped fresh pineapple
1 Tablespoon white granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

In a mixing bowl, beat butter, eggs and brown sugar.

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and nuts; stir half into egg mixture. Add pineapple, then remaining flour mixture. Pour into a greased 8x4x2-inch loaf pan.

Combine white sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over loaf.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool on a wire rack.

Makes 1 loaf
Source: Taste of Home magazine, February/March 1996