Coconut Bread

Name: Coconut Bread
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 300 ml milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 2 1/2 cups plain flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 cup caster sugar; 150 g shredded coconut; 75 g unsalted butter, melted

9 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

2 eggs
300 ml milk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup caster sugar
150 g shredded coconut
75 g unsalted butter, melted

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 180°C.
2

Lightly whisk eggs, milk and vanilla together. Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into another bowl, add sugar and coconut and stir to combine. Make a well in the centre and gradually stir in the egg mixture until just combined.
3

Add melted butter and stir until the mixture is just smooth, being careful not to over-mix.
4

Pour into a greased and floured 21 x 10cm loaf tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour, or until bread is cooked when tested with a skewer.
5

Leave in the tin to cool for 5 minutes, remove to cool further on a wire rack. Serve in thick slices, toasted, buttered and dusted with icing sugar.
6

Makes 8-10 thick slices.