October 12, 2012

Fijian Coconut Bread

- The Tree of Life recipes

COCONUT BREAD
3 cups  Plain flour
1 cup    White sugar
1 Tbsp   Baking Powder
2 only    Eggs
1 tsp      Vanilla essence
1.5 cup  Coconut milk (freshly squeezed is better!)
1 cup     Grated fresh coconut, toasted in oven or dry frypan
Method:
1.  Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
2.  Sift flour, baking powder & salt.  Fold in the toasted coconut
3.  Beat eggs until frothy, add coconut milk and vanilla to combine
4.  Make a well in centre of sifted flour, add lolo mixture and fold well but do not beat or over work the mix.
5.  Pour mix into a well greased loaf tin and bake for 60 mins. Test with skewer.