Coconut - Rosewater Spiral Bread
From jo_jo_ba 15 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 20
This is a Guyanese specialty also known as Salara. I found this fantastic looking recipe here on Cookery Corner: http://cookerycorner.blogspot. com/2007/09/amish-friendsh ip-bread-salara.html, and played around with a few of the ingredients, bringing this bread to an even higher level of decadence! Read more Makes 12 swirl buns or about 20 bread slices (2 small loaves). See less
Ingredients
- FILLING shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups finely grated, unsweetened coconut shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped, pitted dates, soaked in hot water and drained shopping list
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp rose water shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 2 tsp red food colouring shopping list
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- DOUGH shopping list
- 1 tbsp dry active yeast shopping list
- ¼ cup warm water shopping list
- 2 cups flour shopping list
- 1 cup whole wheat flour shopping list
- ¼ cup sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- ½ cup warm coconut milk shopping list
- 1 tbsp rose water shopping list
- 1 tsp coconut extract shopping list
- 2 tbsp melted butter shopping list
- 1 egg, lightly beaten shopping list
How to make it
- Combine all the filling ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
- Dissolve yeast in warm water, let stand to proof 10 minutes.
- Whisk together flours, sugar and salt. Set aside.
- Add coconut milk, rose water, coconut extract, butter and egg to the yeast mixture and blend well.
- Begin adding flour mixture and beat to a dough consistency.
- Turn out onto a floured surface and knead about 7-8 minutes, until smooth.
- Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover and let stand 1 1/2 hours, until doubled.
- Punch down, turn out and knead lightly.
- Roll into a rectangle and smooth the filling onto the surface, leaving 1" of space around the edges.
- Roll up, pinch the seam, (slice if making buns) and place (seam side down) in lightly greased loaf pans or on a tray (for free-form).
- Cover and let rise again about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Bake the loaves 40 minutes (or buns 20-30 minutes), cool completely on a rack.
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Oh my goodness, this sounds decadent. I love this Jo, great post and a high 5.
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