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Today's recipe is a Pinterest recipe for a moist yummy Pineapple Coconut Quick Bread that I recently tried. This bread gets more flavorful over time, so I'd recommend baking it a couple days ahead of when you want to serve it and just wrap and store it in the refrigerator.  I also think it should have nuts. My friends who tried it agreed, so I added pecans to the recipe as an option, since pecan are a sweeter nut. (photo is my own) Pineapple Coconut Quick Bread Ingredients 1 stick butter (8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup, softened) 1 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 cup milk 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained (save 1/4 cup of the juice) 1 cup shredded or flaked coconut Optiona l: 1/2 cup Pecan pieces Glaze 2/3 cup powdered sugar 3 tablespoons pineapple juice 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional Whisk together and drizzle over cooled cake. Other Options Besides Gl...

I spent my hiatus from Monday "Good Eating" posts last fall trying out Quick Bread recipes from Pinterest. The definition of a "quick bread" is "any bread made without yeast as a leavening agent." This includes muffins, banana breads, pancakes, Irish soda bread, cornbread, brownies and even cookies----any baking recipe that uses baking powder or soda instead of yeast is a "quick bread." The type of quick bread recipes I was trying out were the sweet loaf types, such as banana bread or pumpkin bread, which are well known examples. But there is more to the world of sweet quick breads then just banana or pumpkin. So, for Good Eating today I present one of my new favorites:  Maraschino Cherry Cordial Bread The original recipe was simply cherry bread; I made it better by adding semi-sweet chocolate chips! (The photo is of the bread when I first made with just with cherries---but believe me, it's better with chocolate chips added...

I've not been in a good mood today. My friend of 10 years is moving away. And I'm mad at Zazzle because they've messed up all the in-store share link codes this week for promoting anything. So, I've just been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. Anyway, today's Good Eating recipe is another Pinterest I tried over the holidays for Banana Dark Chocolate Chip Bread! I like to make mini-loaves for gifts. I did throw some dried Cranberries in, too, but---really, it's just best with the dark chocolate chunks or chips. I used Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate, but you can use any you prefer. The photo is a general one from Pinterest, banana bread with chocolate chips all looks about the same. Banana Dark Chocolate Bread Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup granulated white sugar* 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature (1/2 stick) 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 medi...