Coconut crazy :))

I told you I had gone coconut crazy...this time with a coconut bread! I had seen the recipe on smitten kitchens website so I knew I had to make it! It's a really nice sweet bread, a great alternative to banana bread

Coconut Bread

2 large eggs

295 ml milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups (315 grams) plain flour

1/4 tsp salt 

2 tsp  baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 cup (200 grams) caster sugar

140 grams) dessicated coconut 

85 grams butter, melted or melted and browned, if desired

Heat oven to 180/170c fan degrees. In a jug, whisk the eggs, milk and vanilla extract 

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Add sugar and coconut, and stir to mix. Make a well in the center, and pour in egg mixture, then stir until just combined. Add melted butter, and stir until just smooth — be careful not to overmix.

Butter and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan, Pour batter in pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, anywhere from 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Cool in the pan for five minutes, before turning out onto a cooling rack.

Cut into thick slices with a nice bit of butter or even some lovely lemon curd :))

Adapted from a recipe from smitten kitchen