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Bajan Sweet Bread

Name: Bajan Sweet Bread
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 150g Shredded Coconut; 120g Sugar; 100g Butter; 1 Egg; 200ml Milk; 60g Raisins; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Dessert

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 10

Difficulty ⭐

A sweet Barbadian loaf packed with coconut and raisins.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bajan sweet bread is a coconut loaf baked in Barbadian homes: a batter of grated coconut, raisins, sugar, butter, and spices is baked in a loaf pan. It's leavened with baking powder rather than yeast. Baked for Christmas and holidays, it's eaten with tea or coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Christmas morning in a Barbadian home, a brown coconut-scented loaf is sliced beside cups of tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 10)

All-purpose flour 300g
Shredded Coconut 150g
Sugar 120g
Butter 100g
Egg 1
Milk 200ml
Raisins 60g
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Nutmeg 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, baking powder, and spices and rub in the butter with your fingers.
Mix in the coconut, sugar, and raisins.
Add the egg, milk, and vanilla and bring together.
Put in a loaf pan and sprinkle the top with a little sugar.
Bake at 170°C for 1 hour.

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