Hummingbird Bread

This is a basic banana bread recipe that's been in my family for years, but with the addition of pineapple, toasted pecans, and coconut to make hummingbird...name after a cake of the same name. I like it plain, but a glaze would make it over-the-top if gifting! 

Hummingbird Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup chopped pineapple
• 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 3/4 cup chopped pineapple
• 1/2 tsp. apple pie spice

Makes 1 loaf
Cook Time: 1 hour

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar until thoroughly combined; add eggs one and a time and mix until completely incorporated.  Meanwhile, whisk, or sift, together all dry ingredients and mash bananas.  Add half the dry mix to the butter mixture, combine and add half the banana mash, add remaining dry mix, combine and add remaining banana mash, mix until combined, but do not overmix.  Add in pecans, coconut, and pineapple and stir together by hand.
Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan and bake for one hour or until tester stick comes out clean.  Let cool until pan is cool enough to handle, then invert onto a cooling rack.