Coconut Plantation Bread Food

COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9- by 5- by 3-inch loaf pan, knocking out excess flour.
• Toast and grind coconut:
• Spread 3 cups coconut in a large shallow baking pan (1 inch deep) and toast in middle of oven, stirring occasionally, until evenly golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. (Watch flakes carefully; edges burn quickly.) Cool completely in pan on a rack, about 15 minutes, then grind in a food processor to a coarse meal, about 40 seconds (you will have about 1 1/4 cups). Leave oven on.
• Make batter:
• Stir together self-rising flour, ground coconut, and remaining cup (untoasted) coconut in a large bowl. Beat together butter and sugar in another bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and creamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Whisk 1 cup water into flour mixture, then add egg mixture, whisking just until well blended.
• Bake bread:
• Pour batter into loaf pan, smoothing top with a spatula, and bake in middle of oven until a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean and top is evenly brown, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool bread to warm in pan on a rack, 10 to 15 minutes, then turn out of pan and set right side up on rack to cool completely, about 2 hours more. Cut into 1-inch-thick slices.

COCONUT PLANTATION BREAD

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients.
• Stir well.
• Mix milk, egg, and vanilla; stir well.
• Stir into flour mixture.
• Cover and let stand 20 minutes.
• Pour into greased 9 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 325* for 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Remove and cool on rack.

COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Line a loaf pan with greaseproof paper and grease, set aside. Preheat oven to 350F.
• Sift flour, baking powder and spices, set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. If you fear of splitting, a tb. of the flour mix can be added with each egg.
• Add vanilla (and rum if using) to milk and add alternatively with flour mixture to creamed mix.
• Fold in raisins and coconut. Sprinkle top with more coconut and sugar.
• Bake for at 1 hr before testing doneness.

COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, stirring just until moistened. Fold in coconut and walnuts. , Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 60-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Put coconut, sugar, yeast and water into a small non-reactive bowl and stir briefly.
• Set aside until mixture is swollen and bubbly, about 15 minutes.
• Mix flour and salt together in a large bowl.
• Add yeast mixture, coconut milk and butter; using your hands or a wooden spoon, stir until well combined.
• Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead, dusting with more flour as necessary, until soft and elastic, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Form dough into a ball, dust generously all over with flour and transfer to a clean large bowl.
• Cover bowl with a kitchen towel and set aside in a warm spot to let rise until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Divide dough into 8 pieces and roll each into a ball.
• Arrange balls of dough on a large greased baking sheet, spacing them 3 to 4 inches apart.
• Set aside in a warm spot, uncovered, to let rise until doubled in size again, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Bake bread until deep golden brown and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm or set aside to let cool to room temperature.

COCONUT BREAD II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, beat together sugar and vegetable oil. Beat in eggs and coconut extract. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture alternately with buttermilk and coconut.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and mix. Add the milk and coconut and mix until well combined. Put in a small greased loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour, or until the bread is springy to touch. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn the bread out onto a wire rack to cool before slicing.