Coconut Loaf

"This recipe was posted for the Zaar World Tour 2005 Australia. Cooking times are not including the time it takes for the dough to rise."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 loaf
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ingredients

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directions

  • Grease a 5x8 inch loaf pan.
  • Combine the warm milk and sugar in a bowl, stir in the yeast and allow to prove in a warm place for approximately 15 minutes, the yeast shouls have gone all bubbly.
  • Add the eggs and ethe coconut essence.
  • Mix the flour, desicated coconut and the rest of the sugar in large bowl.
  • Stir in yeast mixture until you have a firm dough.
  • Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
  • Place back into a bowl, cover and allow to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour or until dough is doubled in size.
  • Punch down the dough and knead until smooth. Bit by bit knead in small pieces of the soft butter.
  • Place dough into the greased loaf pan, cover and stand in warm place about 40 minutes or until doubled in size.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/Gas6 for 20 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to 180°C/350°F/Gas4 and bake for a further 40 minutes.
  • You might need to cover the loaf with foil if it begins to get to brown.
  • Remove from oven and allow to stand for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool. If you want you can dust it with icing sugar just before serving.

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  1. This takes time to make but it was different. Between rising I would go to the pool then come back to to this. My neighbors laugh at me but thought it was a great way to use my spare time. Came out good. I almost forgot to post this.
     
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Hi, I'm 31 and cooking and living in England. I was born in Germany and that's where I grew up and lived until I came to the UK to go to University in 1998. I never went back to live in Germany, even though all my family is still there.
 
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