I saw this recipe/picture on Facebook and since I had all the ingredients at home, I decided to give it a try. I like both pineapple and coconut, especially toasted. It's good, but I am thinking tomorrow it will taste even better once it all works in together more. I think I will use sweetened coconut because it was kind of tasteless compared to the sweetened also. I also used pineapple that was in it's own juice and maybe a little sugar in that would enhance the flavor also. Experiment next time!
PINEAPPLE COCONUT BREAD:
Ingredients:
2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup granulated sugar-next time I am going to use some brown sugar in with it.
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream. I didn't have quite enough sour cream so added greek plain yogurt to make the cupful. it worked out fine
20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained really well (I squished it to get more juice out)
2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325. Spread the coconut out on a large cookie sheet and bake at 325 for 5-5 minutes until golden brown, stirring at least once during the baking time. Watch closely so it doesn't burn. Set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (using a mixer). Add the eggs, one at a time, beating the eggs into the batter well between each addition.
add half the flou and half of the sour cream and mix well. Add the remaining flou mixture and sour cream mixing until fully incorporated
Stir in the crushed pineapple and 1 cup of the toasted coconut. Pour the batter into a loaf pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. top with the rest of the toasted coconut.
Bake at 325 for 70 minutes, more if still soft in the middle by 5 minute increments. set aside until just warm and remove from pan.
Glaze. In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar and milk. whisk to combine and drizzle over the bread. Cool bread completely and then slice and serve.
