Best Hawaiian Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.25 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 0.75 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.75 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 1.33 cups mashed bananas
• 0.67 cups canola oil
• 0.67 cups crushed pineapple , drained
• 0.67 cups flaked coconut
• 0.25 cups chopped walnuts
• 0.25 cups chopped macadamia nuts
• 2 eggs , well beaten
• 4 teaspoons applesauce
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 0.5 teaspoons coconut extract
• 2 tablespoons butter , at room temperature
• 0.25 cups white sugar
• 0.25 cups chopped walnuts
• 0.25 cups chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 teaspoon milk

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

2. 2

   Mix flour, 1 1/4 cup white sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir mashed banana, canola oil, pineapple, flaked coconut, 1/4 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, eggs, applesauce, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and coconut extract into flour mixture until blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 70 to 80 minutes. Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes; remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool, 20 to 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Mix butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, and milk together in a bowl. Spread on top of bread once it has been transferred to the wire rack.