Mango Bread

Chilicat's Note:

A traditional mango nut loaf with coconut and flavored with cinnamon. This is from "A Hundred Years of Island Cooking", an old cookbook from the Hawaiian Electric Company.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• ½ cup shredded coconut
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• 2 cups chopped mangoes
• ¾ cup oil
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
2. Sift flour with baking soda and cinnamon into mixing bowl. Stir in sugar, coconut and nuts.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done.

Reviews

[Mrs Joshi]

A very nice, not-too-sweet treat (with my tweaks)! I replaced 1/2 cup of the oil and about 3/4 cup of the chopped mango with 3 small mashed bananas (I needed to use them up and it helped cut down on the fat). I used half all-purpose and half WW flour. And I used slightly less than 1 cup of sugar instead of the total amount. Made it into muffins instead of a loaf. Loved them!

[Baby Kato]

This is a really nice quick bread Chilicat. I enjoyed it very much. It was big, thick, dense, flavorful, spicy, nutty and fruity. I loved that you could taste all the individual ingredients. You had me with the cinnamon, coconut and mango. I added halved macadamia nuts to the batter, it was so tasty! I will be making this often, thanks so much for sharing.