Coconut Bread

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 300 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 150 g shredded coconut
• 75 g unsalted butter, melted

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. 2

   Lightly whisk eggs, milk and vanilla together. Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into another bowl, add sugar and coconut and stir to combine. Make a well in the centre and gradually stir in the egg mixture until just combined.

3. 3

   Add melted butter and stir until the mixture is just smooth, being careful not to over-mix.

4. 4

   Pour into a greased and floured 21 x 10cm loaf tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour, or until bread is cooked when tested with a skewer.

5. 5

   Leave in the tin to cool for 5 minutes, remove to cool further on a wire rack. Serve in thick slices, toasted, buttered and dusted with icing sugar.

6. 6

   Makes 8-10 thick slices.