Coconut Bread Recipe

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Coconut Bread Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 1 hour + cooling

Yield: 32 Servings

10 60 70

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 teaspoons coconut extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, stirring just until moistened. Fold in coconut and walnuts.
Pour into two greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 60-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 2 loaves.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 slice) equals 188 calories, 9 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 93 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Coconut Bread in Country August/September 1993, p49