Coconut and Macadamia Nut Banana Breads
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 1/3 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 large)
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 3/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted lightly and cooled
- Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the sugars, beat in the vanilla, the eggs, 1 at a time, the zest, the banana, and the sour cream.
- Add the flour mixture, beat the batter until it is just combined, and stir in the macadamia nuts and the coconut.
- Divide the batter among 5 buttered and floured loaf pans, each 5 3/4 by 3 1/4 by 2 inches, and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350F.
- oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
- Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack.
- The breads keep, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil, chilled for 1 week or frozen for 1 month.
flour, doubleacting baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla, eggs, freshly grated lemon zest, mashed ripe banana, sour cream, nuts, coconut
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/coconut-and-macadamia-nut-banana-breads-10933 (may not work)