Breakfast

Coconut bread

A delicious breakfast can be prepared in a flash with this coconut bread. Just pop it under the grill for a couple of minutes until it begins to brown lightly and, if you like, spread it with a little butter.
coconut bread
8
1H 10M

Ingredients

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease 14cm x 21cm loaf pan; line base with baking paper, extending paper 5cm above long sides of pan.
2.Sift flours into medium bowl; stir in sugar and coconut.
3.Add butter, egg, extract and buttermilk to flour mixture, stir until combined; pour into pan.
4.Bake about 1 hour. Stand loaf in pan 10 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

This bread freezes well, so you can always slice it, wrap it well in plastic wrap, and freeze it in an air-tight container; thaw it out or toast it as you need it.

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