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Coconut Bread with Sweet Pineapple Butter

Source of Recipe


From "Tyler Florence's Real Kitchen"



List of Ingredients



• -- Coconut Bread --
  
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted (plus more for greasing the pan)
  
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• Zest of 1 lemon, finely grated
  
• 1½ cups unsweetened coconut milk
  
• 1½ cups shredded coconut, toasted *
  
• Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
  
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• -- Pineapple Butter --
  
• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
  
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 375° F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with butter.
   In a large bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In another large bowl, whisk together the melted butter with the brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and lemon zest. Pour in the coconut milk and whisk together. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and fold everything together with a spatula until you have a smooth batter. Gently fold in the shredded coconut until evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan and set it on a cookie sheet.
   
   
2. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the bread. Rotate the pan periodically to ensure even browning. Cool the bread in the pan for 20 minutes or so; then, when cool enough to handle, remove the coconut bread to a cutting board and let it cool completely before slicing.
   
   
3. Press the liquid out of the crushed pineapple using the back of a spoon. (If there is too much juice, the fruit will separate from the butter.) In a small bowl, mash the pineapple with the softened butter until well blended. A food processor is a quick alternative to making the compound butter, so use it if you have one.
   
   Mound the butter in a small serving bowl. Toast the slices of coconut bread. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with the creamy pineapple butter.
   
   Makes 8 to 12 servings.
   
   






Final Comments


* To toast the coconut:

Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Spread the coconut on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes, stirring it periodically. Toasting will fluff up the coconut and increase its volume (as well as make it taste better).