Sweet Bread Barbados Food

SWEET BREAD (BARBADOS)

Steps:

• Grease two loaf pans with shortening and set your oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the dry ingredients with the raisins in a large bowl.
• Add the egg, milk, butter and almond essence. Mix until you have a firm dough.
• Divide the dough in half and press down into the loaf pans.
• Mix the sugar and hot water and, using a pastry brush, brush the tops of each loaf.
• Bake for one hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool, then remove from pans.

BAJAN SWEET BREAD (BARBADOS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350*F and lightly grease a bread pan. The original recipe calls for 2 bread pans, but the bread doesn't rise at all so it bakes nicely in one pan.
• In a mixer cream together the brown sugar, shortening and butter.
• Add flour, salt, grated coconut, raisins, cherries, nutmeg and mix well.
• Stir in almond extract, evaporated milk, and water, until a firm dough is formed. (You may need to add additional water.).
• Split the dough evenly between the two pans, and use a knife to cut a diagonal criss-cross pattern on the top of each loaf. Sprinkle 1 tbsp turbinado sugar over the top of each loaf.
• Bake for about 1 hour, until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaves comes out clean (Or a digital thermometer reads 190*F.) Cool completely in the pans before removing.

BARBADIAN COCONUT SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• grease 2 1-lb loaf pans or 1 2-lb pan.
• place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and sift in all of the flour.
• rub ingredients together with your fingertips till the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• add the coconut, mixed spice, vanilla, rum, eggs and milk.
• mix together well with your hands.
• if the mixture is too dry, add more milk.
• knead on a floured board till firm and pliable.
• halve the mixture and place in loaf pans.
• glaze with sugared water and bake for about 1 hour, till skewer inserted into loaf comes out clean.

BAJAN SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• Grease loaf pans with shortening and pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix flour, baking powder,salt, coconut, sugar and the raisins together in a bowl.
• Add egg, evaporated milk, margarine and almond essence and mix together well until you have a firm dough.
• Divide dough in half and fill loaf pans.
• Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of hot water and brush mixture over the loaves.
• Bake in center of oven for about 1 hour or until skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pans.

BAJAN SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease loaf pans with shortening, shred coconut, beat egg and melt butter.
• Mix flour, baking powder, salt, coconut, sugar and the raisins together in a bowl.
• Add egg, evaporated milk, margarine and almond essence and mix together well until you have a firm dough.
• Divide dough in half and fill loaf pans.
• Mix 2 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp of hot water and brush mixture over the loaves.
• Bake in center rake for about 1 hour or until skewer inserted into center comes out clean (you can use a knife or a fork if you have no skewer).
• Let cool in the pans before removing and serving.

BEST BASIC SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, sugar and butter. Heat until slightly warm to the touch then remove from heat and stir in the yeast. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Mix in the eggs, oil and the yeast mixture. Mix until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and continue to knead until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Grease a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of oil. Place the dough into the bowl and turn once to coat. Cover and let stand in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.
• Use remaining oil to grease a cookie sheet or 9x13 inch pan. For plain rolls, punch down dough and divide into 12 equal pieces. Roll the pieces into balls and place them into the greased pan side by side. Let dough rise for 20 to 25 minutes, or until almost double. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until rolls are golden brown.