Coconut Bread

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 325.
2. 2
   For the bread, mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
3. 3
   Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
4. 4
   In place of buttermilk, you can mix 1 Tbsp vinegar with 1 cup milk and let it sit 5 minutes before using.
5. 5
   Combine the wet and dry ingredients together.
6. 6
   Pour into 1 loaf pan.
7. 7
   Bake 40 minutes (I always increase the time 5-10 minutes).
8. 8
   While the bread is baking, make the topping.
9. 9
   Combine butter, water and sugar into a sauce pan.
10. 10
    Boil to make a syrup (it didn't say how long, and since I've never made the topping, I don't know either!
11. 11
    ).
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    Add the flavoring at the end.
13. 13
    When the bread is finished baking, make slits in the top.
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    Drizzle syrup over the top to soak inches.