PINEAPPLE NUT BREAD

Pineapple Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 4 eggs
• 4 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple in pineapple juice
• 1- 1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray (2) 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Set aside.
4. In your Kitchen Aid Mixer, mix together the butter and sugar.
5. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Sift the dry ingredients.
7. Alternate adding the dry ingredients with the crushed pineapple wit the juice and mixing.
8. When everything is incorporated well, add the chopped nuts and give it a good stir.
9. Pour the batter evenly into the 2 loaf pans and bake for 50-55 minutes or until the loaf is light golden brown on the edges and a tooth pick inserted into the loaf comes out clean.
10. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pans for 10- 15 minutes.
11. Carefully run a knife around the edges of the pan and remove the loaves from their pans, and place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
12. This bread is delicious warm from the oven, but harder to slice.
13. It may be served warm or room temperature with butter.
14. *To freeze: Let the loaf cool completely and then store in a freezer friendly plastic container or bag.