Tropical Banana Bread

Tropical Banana Bread

2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large bananas, mashed
8 oz can crushed pineapple, very well drained
1/2 cup toasted pecans pieces

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9×5 inch metal loaf pan with flour-added cooking spray.
Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, using high speed of an electric mixer; add eggs, one by one, beating 30 seconds after each egg. Beat in vanilla and bananas. Stir in pineapple.
Stir flour mixture into banana mixture in three parts - mixing (not beating) with a spoon. Stir in pecans. Transfer to loaf pan.
Set loaf pan on a cookie sheet and place on center rack of oven and bake for 60 minutes or until loaf appears done and a wooden skewer inserted in center

Makes 1 loaf
....or 4 mini loaves (bake for 30-35 minutes).
Recipe source: sharealikecooking yahoo group, submitted by Tricia Luker