Aloha Bread

Source: Cherry Marketing Institute

Yield: 2 loaves, 12 slices each

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Nutritional Information:
Nutritional Information

Ingredients

•	Aloha Bread

•	1 lb. 4 oz. SYSCO Imperial maraschino cherries, drained, quartered, reserving 4 tbsp. of cherry juice

•	3-1/2 cups SYSCO Classic all-purpose flour

•	1 tbsp. baking powder

•	1 tsp. SYSCO Classic baking soda

•	1 tsp. SYSCO Classic salt

•	2/3 cup SYSCO Classic butter or margarine, soft

•	1-1/3 cups SYSCO Classic light brown sugar

•	4 large SYSCO Classic eggs

•	2 cups SYSCO Imperial ripe bananas, mashed

•	1 cup SYSCO Imperial macadamia nuts, chopped

Preparation

1.	Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt. In mixer, combine butter, sugar, eggs and reserved cherry juice. Mix thoroughly. Add flour mixture alternately with mashed banana. Stir in cherries and nuts. Divide batter evenly between 2 greased 9-inch x 5-inch pans.

2.	Bake at 350°F 1 hour, until golden brown and centers test done. Remove from pans and cook on racks.