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Trinidad Recipes
- Coconut Sweet Bread |
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Ingredients |
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1 ½
cup grated coconut |
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1
cup sugar |
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1 ½
oz margarine |
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½
cup dried fruit or candied peel |
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¼
tsp salt |
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2 ½
cups counter flour |
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1
tbsp yeast |
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Preparation |
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1) Put 1 cup of warm water in a bowl and sprinkle the yeast in, add 1 tbsp
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sugar
and 2 tbsps of the counter flour- Stir well with a for and leave to rise |
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2)
In another bowl mix grated coconut, sugar, salt and softened margarine |
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3)
Add yeast mixture, counter flour and dried fruit - mix well |
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4) Grease a bowl lightly with margarine , place dough in and turn once, |
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then cover
bowl with a dish towel and let dough rise for 1 hour |
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5) After one hour, knead dough again, then divide into two equal parts |
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and
put into two greased baking tins |
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6)
Cover with towel again and leave to rise until nearly double in size |
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7) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. and bake loaves until light brown . |
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8) Remove bread from oven , turn out onto a rack and brush with thick |
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syrup
to
glaze. |
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