Tropical Kahlua Nut Bread Food

TROPICAL KAHLUA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375^. Grease well bottoms and corners (not sides) of 2 loaf pans (5x8-inches). Set aside.
• 2. Using an electric mixer, cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition.
• 3. Add pineapple and juice, and mashed banana, mix well.
• 4. Next, add the Kahlua and cream; mix well to combine.
• 5. Add 1 cup of the flour and mix to blend. In the second cup of flour add the baking powder and baking soda, stir to blend slightly. Add to batter; mix to blend well.
• 6. Mix in the vanilla and coconut extracts; blend.
• 7. Remove bowl from mixer and fold in the coconut and the nuts until combined.
• 8. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
• 9. Bake in 375^ oven for 25 minutes. Turn pans around.
• 10. Then turn oven to 350^ and bake for 20 more minutes or until tested done with a wooden toothpick. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• 11. Then remove by running a table knife around edges and turn oven in your oven mitt hand and tap bottom of loaf out and place on wire rack to cool.
• 12. If desired, make a drizzle of orange juice and powdered sugar for the top and decorate with maraschino cherry halves.

TROPICAL NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Combine pineapple, including liquid, bananas and orange juice.
• In large bowl of electric mixer, cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour alternately with pineapple mixture, mixing only enough to moisten flour. Stir in nuts.
• Pour into prepared pan; bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until done.

KAHLUA & DATE & NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grease a large loaf pan (10x3x3inch).
• Mix dates, Kahlua, water and orange peel.
• Let stand and soak while preparing batter.
• Cream sugar, margarine and egg together until fluffy.
• Sift flour with baking soda and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture, alternately, with date mixture.
• Stir in nuts.
• Turn into prepared pan.
• Let stand 5 minutes.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Spread the macadamia nuts on one rimmed baking sheet and the coconut on another. Toast, tossing occasionally, until the macadamia nuts and coconut are golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Let the nuts cool, then roughly chop.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, macadamia nuts and coconut in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs, yogurt and vanilla. Stir in the bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the dry mixture until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 65 minutes to 75 minutes. Let the bread cool for 15 minutes in the pan. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on a rack.

KAHLUA EXOTIC BLISS

Steps:

• Blend the Kahlua, Razeberry Vodka, ice cream and ice cubes in a blender until smooth.
• Pour into your favorite glass.
• Top with the grenadine.
• Garnish with any type of tropical fruit.
• Note: The ladies love these ice cream drinks.
• Variation:.
• Eliminate the ice cream and add 1 shot of milk or cream.
• Blend in the blender for a few seconds.
• Pour into your favorite cocktail glass.
• Top with the grenadine and your favorite fruit.

KAHLUA BANANA BRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 10 inch tube pan well.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
• ,with remaining ingredients except coconut and nuts.
• Beat on low speed until mixture is well blended.
• On medium speed, beat 2 minutes scraping bowl as you beat.
• Turn into prepared pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
• Invert on cake rack and cool.
• When fully cooled dust with confectioner's sugar if desired.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine coconut oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; whisk well to combine. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir well until combined. Fold in bananas, pineapple, and coconut; stir until just blended. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

KAHLUA CRYSTALLIZED NUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Heat oven 275 degrees, place nuts in shallow pan and heat 20 minutes, mixing after 10. (If using macadamia nuts and walnuts add them only for the last 10 minutes they are oily and can burn).
• In a large saucepan (you will be mixing the nuts in this at the end) combine sugar, Kahlua, corn syrup and butter using a wooden spoon stirring constantly and scraping sides to get all sugar crystals melted. Sugar mixture will need to boil at least 15 minutes before you need to insert candy thermometer, keep stirring until (300 degrees F- hard-crack stage) It is very important to get all the way to 300 or the candy will be gritty and soft.
• Take off heat, pour in nuts, stirring quickly then pour mixture out onto large cookie sheet lightly sprayed with 'pam'. Scraping all candy out and gently spreading out candy with wooden spoon. Let cool until you can handle and break into smaller chunks. Store in airtight tin.

KAHLUA CRYSTALLIZED NUTS

Steps:

• Place nuts in shallow pan and toast in 300 degree oven for 20 mins.
• ,stirring once.
• Turn into a lightly buttered hot metal bowl or large saucepan.
• In 1 qt.
• saucepan, combine remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Insert candy thermometer; bring to hard crack stage (300 F.).
• Pour over toasted nuts, stir with a buttered metal spoon to coat evenly.
• Spread in a single layer, on buttered jelly roll pan.
• Cool; separate into small chunks.
• Store in airtight container.
• Makes about 5 cups.