Hawaiian Bread I

Made this loaf on dough cycle, baked in the oven for 35 minutes @ 350 degrees with A tin foil tent at the last ! Ham and cheese sandwiches this week in my lunch box!! This Bread is perfect !!!!!!

I made this bread in the oven and it came out absolutely delicious! The only changes I made were using coconut milk instead of regular and changing the coconut extract to vanilla. I put everything into the kitchen aid stand mixer bowl, used the dough hook and let it go for a few minutes. (I did put the yeast into the milk with a pinch of sugar and let it sit for about 10 minutes while I was putting everything else into the bowl.) I let it sit for 1.5 hours, “punched” it down, put it into a 9x5 loaf pan and let it sit for another 1.5 hours. (It doubled in size the second go around.) I then baked at 350 for ~30 minutes. It came out perfect. I can’t believe how much it tastes like Kings Hawaiian. I was very skeptical about that but it does. (We tasted them side by side and while the homemade does taste better, it really is a close call.) Thank you so much for this recipe! For those without a bread machine, do not worry...you don’t need one to make this awesome bread!

I made this bread in the oven and it came out absolutely delicious! The only changes I made were using coconut milk instead of regular and changing the coconut extract to vanilla. I put everything into the kitchen aid stand mixer bowl, used the dough hook and let it go for a few minutes. (I did put the yeast into the milk with a pinch of sugar and let it sit for about 10 minutes while I was putting everything else into the bowl.) I let it sit for 1.5 hours, “punched” it down, put it into a 9x5 loaf pan and let it sit for another 1.5 hours. (It doubled in size the second go around.) I then baked at 350 for ~30 minutes. It came out perfect. I can’t believe how much it tastes like Kings Hawaiian. I was very skeptical about that but it does. (We tasted them side by side and while the homemade does taste better, it really is a close call.) Thank you so much for this recipe! For those without a bread machine, do not worry...you don’t need one to make this awesome bread!

Great texture! Used banana baby food as another reviewer suggested, as I'm not a huge fan of banana flavor and didn't want it to come through too much. Also realized late in the game that I didn't have any bread flour on hand, so I used all purpose and it still came out great! I did need to add a small amount of water to get that perfect dough ball, but not much at all. Will definitely make again, and sent this recipe to my mom for her to try out as well.

This is a 2 lb. recipe. If you have a 1 1/2 lb. bread machine, reduce recipe by entering "12" into the servings calculator. I made full recipe in 2 lb. Zojirushi & it rose nicely. I sprinkled coconut on top during last rise. This is sweeter than I like bread. Might make good french toast.

This is, by far, my favorite bread recipe EVER. I have made so many loaves and they come out PERFECT every time. The pineapple is what really makes this bread. I keep meaning to save some to make french toast... but it's usually gone the very next day!! Yum yum!!