Cocomacadana Bread Food

COCONUT AND MACADAMIA NUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugars.
• Beat in vanilla, eggs (1 at a time), zest, banana, and sour cream.
• Add flour mixture slowly and beat until it is just combined.
• Stir in the macadamia nuts and coconut.
• Pour batter into a greased (I use butter and a little flour) 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in center of preheated 350 degree oven for 40-50 minute or until tester comes out clean.

COCONUT AND MACADAMIA NUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the sugars until the mixture is light and fluffy and beat in the vanilla, the eggs, 1 at at time, the zest, the banana, and the sour cream. Add the flour mixture, beat the batter until it is just combined, and stir in the macadamia nuts and the coconut. Divide the batter among 5 well-buttered and floured 5 3/4- by 3 1/4-inch loaf pans and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack.

COCOMACADANA BREAD

Steps:

• Spread the coconut thinly and evenly on a non-stick cookie sheet and place under a pre-heated broiler until lightly toasted but not burned.
• Set the toasted coconut aside to cool completely while you are preparing the rest of the recipe.
• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the sugar, beat in the vanilla, the eggs, 1 at a time, the zest, the banana, and the sour cream.
• Add the flour mixture and beat the batter until it is just combined, and stir in the nuts and the cooled coconut Pour the batter into a buttered and floured 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan and bake the bread in the middle of a preheated 350° F.
• oven for 40 to 55 minutes, or until a tester or wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
• Cool the bread on a rack.

COCADA (BRAZILIAN COCONUT SWEET)

Steps:

• Combine condensed milk, sugar, coconut, and vanilla extract in a large saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and becomes a little darker. If you find that the cocada is cooking too quickly, reduce heat to low and continue stirring.
• Once the mixture has thickened enough and feels heavy on the spoon, remove from heat and place spoonfuls on a piece of parchment paper.
• Let cool for about 30 minutes (cocada will harden a bit) and transfer to a sealed container.