Best 5 Bahamian Coconut Bread Recipes

CARIBBEAN COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.
• Combine flour, sugar, coconut, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; stir once or twice with a wooden spoon. Add eggs, milk, water, oil, coconut extract, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix well until batter is blended.
• Pour batter into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.

HAWAIIAN COCONUT-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 metal or glass 9x5-inch loaf pans or use ungreased silicone pans.
• Mix coconut flour, all-purpose flour, xylitol, coconut sugar, flaxseed meal, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Blend bananas, butter, coconut milk, and eggs in another large bowl. Add dry ingredients and whisk thoroughly until there are no lumps. Fold in macadamia nuts. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool briefly on a wire rack and then remove from the pans and let cool completely. Serve warm.

BAJAN COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Using an icepick, pierce the three soft spots on the coconut. Drain the liquid and store in the refrigerator. Break the coconut into chunks and grate the flesh into a small bowl. You need at least 1 cup; more is even better.
• Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and coconut flakes.
• In a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream 1/2 cup of the sugar with the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, then the vanilla.
• Measure out 1/4 cup of the coconut milk and combine it with the milk. Add the liquids to the egg mixture, alternating with the dry ingredients and stirring just until all the ingredients are blended. Spread into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle the teaspoon of sugar over the dough and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack before slicing.

BARBADIAN COCONUT SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• grease 2 1-lb loaf pans or 1 2-lb pan.
• place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and sift in all of the flour.
• rub ingredients together with your fingertips till the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• add the coconut, mixed spice, vanilla, rum, eggs and milk.
• mix together well with your hands.
• if the mixture is too dry, add more milk.
• knead on a floured board till firm and pliable.
• halve the mixture and place in loaf pans.
• glaze with sugared water and bake for about 1 hour, till skewer inserted into loaf comes out clean.

BAHAMIAN JOHNNY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 11x15 baking pan and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder and then add the sugar and salt. With your fingers, gently knead in the stick of butter until well incorporated in the mixture. Add in the eggs, vegetable oil, milk and water and mix well with a spoon until the texture of your mixture is between that of a bread dough and the batter of a cake mix, adding more water if necessary.
• Pour mixture into greased pan and bake for 30mins. Brush the melted butter over the top and continue to bake for another 15 mins or until golden brown and butter knife comes out clean from the middle.
• Cut in squares and serve warm with butter or jam.