Hawaiian Bubble Bread
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 (2 1/4 teaspoon) package fast rising yeast
- 1 cup warm water (temp from 100-110 degrees F)
- 1 cup sliced ripe banana
- 1/2 cup pineapple-orange-banana juice, concentrate undiluted
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 5 cups bread flour, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt
- cooking spray
- 1/4 cup coconut cream (cream of coconut)
- 2 tablespoons pineapple-orange-banana juice, concentrate undiluted
- 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
- In 1 cup of warm water, dissolve the sugar and yeast and let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a blender, combine the banana, 1/2 cup of the pineapple-orange-banana juice concentrate, honey, and butter, and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Get dry measuring cups and lightly spoon 2 cups bread flour into them, then level with a knife. In a large bowl, stir together the measured flour and the salt, then add the yeast mixture and the blended banana mixture and stir well to combine. Measure out another level 2 1/4 cups bread flour into the measuring cups and stir it into the mixture to form a soft dough.
- Lightly flour a counter or board and turn out the dough onto it. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Add, 1 tablespoon at a time, enough of the remaining flour to keep the dough from sticking to your hands while kneading.
- Coat a large bowl with cooking spray and place the kneaded dough in it, turning the dough to coat the top with the spray. Cover bowl with a light cloth and let dough rise in a warm place (about 85 degrees F and free from drafts) for about 1 1/2 hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
- When it has doubled, punch the dough down and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray.
- Pull away pieces of dough and form them into balls about 1 1/2 inches in size, which will make about 30 balls. Layer the dough balls in the prepared tube pan and set aside.
- In a bowl combine the coconut cream (cream of coconut) and 2 tablespoons of pineapple-orange-banana juice concentrate, stirring well. Pour 3 tablespoons of the mixture over the dough in the tube pan, and set aside the remaining amount of juice mixture.
- Cover dough in tube pan with a light cloth and let rise for 1 1/2 hours or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Remove cloth from dough and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until it sounds hollow when you tap it.
- Remove pan from oven and let the bread cool in the pan for 20 minutes. Remove bread (which should still be somewhat warm) from pan and place on a wire rack.
- Stir the powdered sugar into the remaining juice mixture and drizzle it over the top of the warm bread.
- Makes 18 servings. Cut the bread into slices or let folks pull apart the bubbles. :).
sugar, yeast, warm water, banana, pineappleorangebanana juice, honey, butter, bread flour, salt, cooking spray, coconut cream, pineappleorangebanana juice, powdered sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hawaiian-bubble-bread-254515 (may not work)