Coconut Loaf

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This Coconut Loaf is a light sweet bread and tastes delicious toasted.

Coconut Loaf Ingredients

300 grams	Very Strong Bread Flour (Allinson Premium White)
100 grams	Strong White Bread Flour (Allinson)
1 tsp	Sea Salt
125 grams	Desiccated coconut
50 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
1 sachet	Easy Bake Yeast (Allinson) 1 x 7g sachet
50 grams	Butter Melted
1	Happy Eggs Beaten
225 ml	JUST MILK Warmed
1 tbsp	Desiccated coconut To Top

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Place all the ingredients into a mixer with a dough hook attached.
Mix to a soft dough and knead for 5 minutes.
If mixing by hand, put the dry ingredients into a bowl and sprinkle on the yeast.
Mix to a soft dough with the butter, egg and milk.
Turn onto a floured board and knead for 10 minutes. Divide the dough into 3 ropes.
Plait the ropes into a braid and place into a greased 900g/2 lb loaf tin.
Leave to prove until double in size. Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/Gas Mark 5
Brush with water, top with the coconut and bake for 30 minutes.