Pineapple Banana Bread Recipe

We've kicked up the traditional banana bread recipe by adding a burst of flavor with crushed pineapple. And there is a secret ingredient in this recipe that will surprise you.

Prep Time1 20

Cook Time42

Total Time2 2

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread, best banana bread, pineapple banana bread

Servings:

Calories: 177kcal

Ingredients

2 bananas mashed
1 (15.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1 (3.4 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple (reserve juice and divide)
½ cup chopped pecans

Glaze:

2 ounces cream cheese softened
1 Tablespoon pineapple juice from above
1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Mash the bananas in a small bowl with a fork and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, cinnamon and pineapple juice from the crushed pineapple (reserve 1 Tablespoon for glaze).
Blend for 2 minutes on medium/low speed.
Fold in crushed pineapple, bananas in the bowl, and chopped pecans.Stir them in with a spoon or hand mixer on low.
Pour batter into 5 mini loaf pans that have been lightly sprayed with non stick cooking spray.
Heat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 40 - 42 minutes and then cool completely. You can remove them from the pans after 5 minutes to continue cooling.

Glaze:

Mix the cream cheese, 1 Tablespoon pineapple juice that has been reserved from above, and powdered sugar. Mix until creamy.
Drizzle the glaze over the cooled loaves.

Notes

This makes 5 mini loaves. You can get about 4 nice sized servings from each loaf.

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