Homemade Sweet Coconut Bread
- FOR THE BREAD:
- 1/2 pounds, 2-5/8 ounces, weight Plain Flour
- 1/2 ounces, weight Sugar
- 1/4 ounces, weight Yeast
- 1/3 ounces, weight Milk Powder
- 1/4 ounces, weight Salt
- 11 tablespoons, 2-1/2 teaspoons, 1/8 pinches Water
- 2 whole Egg, Divided Use
- 1/2 ounces, weight Butter
- Sesame Seeds, Optional Garnish
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- FOR THE FILLING:
- 6 tablespoons, 2 teaspoons, 4-5/8 pinches Coconut Pani-treacle
- 1/4 teaspoons Cinnamon Powder
- 2 teaspoons Sugar
- 7 ounces, weight Desiccated Coconut Or Coconut Powder
- In mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, yeast, milk powder/powdered milk and salt, and mix on low speed for one minute.
- Add water and 1 egg and mix on low speed for one minute.
- Add in the butter and kneed until smooth and elastic, about 10-15 minutes at medium speed.
- Cover dough with towel and let it rise in a warm place until volume doubles in size.
- Punch the dough down. Now take the dough and divide into 6 and make 6 balls. Cover the balls and let rest for about 10 minutes.
- Next, in a thick bottomed pan, put coconut pani, cinnamon and sugar and bring to boil (you need it to be around 100C degrees so use a thermometer).Then add the pani mixture to the coconut powder and mix well. Let cool.
- Take a dough ball and roll it with rolling pin. Roll each ball into thin disks about 6 inches in diameter. Now place sweet coconut mixture in the middle of each disk then make round balls, about the size of a lime.
- Now place the six balls into a greased baking round tray (7 inch diameter). Cover with tea towel and allow to rise for about 30 minutes.
- After that beat the remaining 1 egg and brush over the bread and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
- Bake at 200C degrees for 15 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/homemade-sweet-coconut-bread/ (may not work)