Caribbean Coconut Bread

This is one of my favorite recipes, handed down to me from my boss's recipe box. It is great as a breakfast muffin, snack, or with a meal. Everyone will love this. Feel free to make it your own. Add nuts, raisins, coconut milk, or make it just how it is.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 415 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup water
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 teaspoon butter, softened
• ¼ cup canola oil
• ⅓ cup low-fat milk
• 1 ¼ teaspoons coconut extract (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.

Step 2

Combine flour, sugar, coconut, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; stir once or twice with a wooden spoon. Add eggs, milk, water, oil, coconut extract, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix well until batter is blended.

Step 3

Pour batter into the greased loaf pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.