Name: Barbadian Coconut Sweet Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2 loaves
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter; 1/2 cup raw sugar; 2 cups self raising flour; 2 cups plain flour; 4 ounces desiccated coconut; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 tablespoon rum; 2 eggs; 2/3 cup milk; 1 tablespoon caster sugar, blended with; 2 tablespoons water, to glaze

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Barbadian Coconut Sweet Bread

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Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 2 loaves

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Equipment

Oven, 2 1-lb loaf pans or 1 2-lb loaf pan, large mixing bowl, sieve, floured board, skewer

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup raw sugar
2 cups self raising flour
2 cups plain flour
4 ounces desiccated coconut
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon rum
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon caster sugar, blended with
2 tablespoons water, to glaze

Instructions

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.

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