Coconut Flour Bread Recipe
A yeast-free coconut batter bread that rises in the bread machine and is finished with a flaked coconut topping.
Ingredients
| 6 | eggs at room temperature | |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | coconut oil or vegetable oil |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | honey |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | salt |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | baking powder |
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | coconut flour |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | arrowroot flour (optional but it will make for a lighter loaf) |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | grated coconut plus a 1/4 cup in reserve for topping |
Instructions
This recipe for coconut bread also falls in the category of a cake or batter bread. There is no yeast and the bread rises in the bread machine. The coconut topping is added at the end of the kneading cycle and before the baking cycle begins. The ideal setting is either a cake bread or batter bread setting because this type of bread does not require a rising cycle that is so common with typical yeast breads.
If your bread machine does not have a cake bread or batter bread setting you can use the standard dough setting but pour out the bread batter before the rising cycle begins in a buttered bread pan. Top the batter with the flaked coconut and you'll then finish baking the bread in an oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 to 40 minutes or until a knife or wooden skewer emerges from the center of the loaf dry. If it's wet, give the bread another 10 minutes of baking time and retest. You'll also want the bread to rest for 10 minutes either in the bread machine bread pan or the baking pan you used in the oven. When the 10 minutes are up, remove to a cooling rack or cutting board for another 5 minutes and then slice and serve.
DIRECTIONS:
- Add the ingredients to the bread pan in the order indicated in the ingredients section and select the cake or batter bread course for a 1-pound loaf and medium crust. When the kneading cycle is complete top with the remaining quarter cup of coconut flakes before the baking cycle begins. When done, remove the bread pan from the machine and let the bread rest in pan for 10 minutes and then remove from the pan for an additional 5-minute rest on a wire rack or cutting board. Slice and serve.
- If finishing in the oven, put the ingredients into the bread machine pan in the order indicated and select either the cookie dough, pizza dough or pasta dough setting to mix and knead the batter. If your machine only has a basic dough setting that's fine, but pour out the batter before the rising cycle begins in a buttered, glass bread pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Regardless of the method, test the center or the loaf with a knife or wooden skewer to make sure the center of the loaf is sufficiently baked. If the knife or skewer emerge wet, bake for another 10 minutes until they emerge dry and let rest for the standard 10 minutes before slicing and serving.