Kona Sweet Bread and Macadamia Honey Butter

Kona Sweet Bread
Ingredients:
        1 cup    warm pineapple juice
        2 tablespoons    active dry yeast
        1/2 cup    sugar    (1/4 Cup)
        3    eggs, room temperature
        4 tablespoons    butter or margarine, softened
        4  3/4 cups    flour   (23.75 oz)
        1 teaspoon    salt
Instructions:                                                                     

1. Combine pineapple juice and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer and allow to sit about 5 minutes, or until foamy.  Add in sugar, eggs, and butter and mix.
2. In a separate bowl, combine flour and salt.  Add half the flour mixture into the yeast mixture and mix on low speed until fully incorporated, being careful to not over mix.  Turning off mixture, add remaining flour and incorporate using hands.  The dough should pull away from the sides of the bowl, but still be very sticky.
3. Cover bowl with a slightly dampened dish towel and allow to rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
4. Turn dough onto a floured surface and divide into 4 equal portions.  Form each portion into a ball and smooth the surface (I do this by holding the ball in one hand and gently pulling down on the surface of the ball, pinching the excess to under the dough ball…  There’s a good video here) and place on a cookie sheet that will be used for baking.  Cut an “X” on the top of each ball about 1/2 inch deep.
5. Cover with dish towel and allow to rise in the warmest part of the kitchen for about 45 minutes.  10 minutes before baking, preheat oven to 375.
6. After 45 minutes has passed and dough has risen again, remove dish towel and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Serve warm with macadamia honey butter.

Macadamia Honey Butter
Ingredients:
                        1 stick    Salted Butter
                        1 stick    Salted Margarine
        2 tablespoons    Honey       
                        4 each    Macadamia Nuts 
Instructions:                                                                     

1. Preheat oven to 350°f.
2. Chop macadamia nuts in a food processor until they are chopped into small pieces.
3. Place the chopped nuts on a cookie sheet and bake for 6 minutes or until they are nicely toasted. Removed the nuts from the cookie sheet and allow them to cool.
4. Place butter & margarine in mixer and mix until whipped. Add chopped macadamia nuts and honey and mix until fully incorporated.
5. Place in a container and serve softened.