Recipe: Strawberry Banana Macadamia Bread

1997 Finalist California Strawberry Festival Berry
Off Cooking Contest - Recipe John Winkler, San Pedro, California.

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Strawberry Banana Madadamia Bread

Makes 1 Loaf

2/3 cup warm water
1/3 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/3 cup mashed strawberries
2 tablespoons butter or margarine (melted and cooled to room temperature if mixing by hand)
2 egg whites
3-1/4 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
2-3/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts (reserve 2 tablespoons for top

For Bread Machines:

Place all ingredients except macadamia nuts in your bread machine. Add nuts whenever you should add additions (varies by machine). Set machine to dough only setting.

For mixing in mixer or by hand:

Sprinkle yeast over warm water. Mix in fruits, egg whites and butter. Sift together dry ingredients, stir in nuts. Mix dry ingredients into dough and mix and knead until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled. Punch dough down.(See general bread making instructions.)

Regardless of whether you're using a bread machine or hand mixing, pick up the instructions here.

Preheat oven to 425 Degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2 inch rectangular pan.

After dough cycle on the bread machine or after your dough has been through one rising if hand mixing, knead dough an additional 2-5 minutes and shape to fit in loaf pan. Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons nuts on top of bread. Bake 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. After baking, remove bread from pan and cool on wire rack.