Coconut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 eggs
• 300 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 150 g shredded coconut
• 75 g unsalted butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 lightly whisk eggs, milk and vanilla together. sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into another bowl, add sugar and coconut and stir to combine. make a well in the centre and gradually stir in the egg mixture until just combined.
• 3 add melted butter and stir until the mixture is just smooth, being careful not to over-mix.
• 4 pour into a greased and floured 21 x 10cm loaf tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour, or until bread is cooked when tested with a skewer.
• 5 leave in the tin to cool for 5 minutes, remove to cool further on a wire rack. serve in thick slices, toasted, buttered and dusted with icing sugar.
• 6 makes 8-10 thick slices.