Coconut Bread

Bread Challenge Week 51

Coconut seems to be one of those foods people either love or hate. I’m in the love camp. Luke is in the love camp and rounding out our perfect union is a sweet girl who is also in the love camp. This fact makes me happy. Coconutty Granola Rounds? Yes please! 7 Layer Magic Cookie Bars? Mmm Hmmm. A loaf of bread focused on coconut? Why the heck not!

This weeks recipe was found at CookingBread.com. This Coconut bread recipe stood out to me because it’s a yeast bread and not a quick bread. I like quick breads but I was looking for something a bit more bread like. You know what I mean?

The recipe is easy to follow and well written. The recipe is made using normal household ingredients too. This loaf of bread took around 4 hours start to finish with about 3 hours of that going towards rising the dough. I think the dough would have risen faster for me if some of the conditions in my house were more suitable, i.e a little warmer.

this bread smells great while cooking and comes out soft and fluffy. The directions were to roll the dough into 16 balls to form almost a pull apart kind of loaf similar to monkey bread but not sticky. I like this idea for brunch but for a regular loaf of bread it made it less suitable for cutting into slices. I cheated a bit and added about an extra tablespoon coconut to the topping because I wanted extra coconut flavor.

We all really liked this bread, especially still warm from baking. It’s a definite sign that we like it when more than 1/2 of a loaf disappears before the bread is even cold. I see myself making this again in the future with some tweaks. I would love even a little bit more coconut flavor in the bread, more of a whole wheat consistency among other things. Coconut bread gets 3 thumbs up from the Evolving Mommy Household.

Flavor: 5
Hands on time: 5
Total time: 1
Recipe: 5
versatility: 5
make it again: 4
Catherine: 1
Luke: 1
Maddy: 1

Total Score: 28

(what is this Bread Challenge and how are recipes scored?)

Previous Bread Challenge reviews:
Biscuts – Week 50
Peanut Butter-Banana Bread – Week 49
Popover – Week 48
60 Minute Rolls – Week 47
Sun-dried Tomato Bread – Week 46
Naan – Week 45
Chocolate Chip Cream Scones – Week 44
Indian Spiced Doughnuts – Week 43
Whole Wheat Brioche – Week 42
Pizza Dough – Week 41
Cinnamon-Apple Twist Bread – Week 40
Pumpkin Bread- Week 39
Winter Herb Bread – Week 38
Classic Pretzel – Week 37
Sweet Potato Bread – Week 36
Challah – Week 35
Whole Wheat English Muffins – Week 34
Pumpernickel – Week 33
Green Onion-Sesame Flatbread – Week 32
Beer Bread – Week 31
Country Seed Bread – Week 30
Cinnamon-Raisin Bagels – Week 29
Crunchy Crackers – Week 28
Ciabatta Bread – Week 27
Cornmeal Pancake -Week 26
Lemon Poppy Seed – Week 25
Sourdough – Week 24
Tortillas – Week 23
Honey Wheat Hamburger Buns – Week 22
Garlic Studded Baguette – Week 21
Quinoa Bread – Week 20
Asiago Herb and Garlic Bread – Week 19
Cranberry Pecan Rye Bread – Week 18
Rotis – Whole Wheat Unleavened Bread- Week 17
Farmhouse White Loaf – Week 16
Honey Whole Wheat Slow Cooker Bread – Week 15
The Easiest Loaf of Bread You’ll Ever Bake – Week 14
Hot Cross Buns – Week 13
100% Whole Wheat Bread – Week 12
Thin Wheat Crackers – Week 11
Irish Soda Bread – Week 10
Double Blueberry Muffins – Week 9
Oatmeal Batter Bread – Week 8
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls – Week 7
Cheesy Pretzels – Week 6
Light Rye Bread – Week 5
Country-Style Whole-Wheat Pita – Week 4
Carrot Raisin Quick Bread – Week 3
Potato Bread – Week 2
Focaccia – Week 1