Banana Coconut Pecan Bread

 

2 cups all-purpose flour

¾ cup sugar

½ cup softened butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon salt

2 medium or 1 cup mashed bananas

¼ cup orange juice

1 cup flaked coconut

¾ cup chopped Pecans

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking soda, vanilla and salt. Beat with mixer for 2 to 3 minutes, until well mixed. Add bananas and orange juice. Mix well. Stir in coconuts and pecans. Spread into two greased loaf pans. (Although the batter can fit in one loaf pan, it will cook more evenly if the batter is divided into two pans.) Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for ten minutes and then remove from pans