Hawaiian Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 -3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1 (8 1/4 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 medium banana, mashed
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour and yeast; set aside.
• 2 drain pineapple in a sieve, pressing out as much juice as possible. reserve juice in a 1-cup measure; add water to make 1/2 cup.
• 3 pour juice into small saucepan. add sugar, salt and butter. stir mixture constantly over medium-high heat until butter softens.
• 4 add juice mixture, banana and egg to flour mixture. beat 1 minute with electric mixer on low speed.
• 5 scrape batter from sides of bowl; beat 2 minutes longer at high speed. by hand, stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• 6 stir in drained pineapple. cover bowl with towel; let rise in a warm place, until doubled 1 to 1 1/2 hours. stir down dough.
• 7 grease a 2-quart casserole with high sides or a souffle dish. turn dough into dish.
• 8 cover with towel; let rise 45 minutes.
• 9 preheat oven to 375 degrees f. bake until golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.
• 10 cool in dish 5 minutes; remove from dish.