Best Hawaiian Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups mashed bananas
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• 2/3 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 2/3 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 4 teaspoons applesauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
• 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 teaspoon milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.

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.

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.

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.