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    Home » Caribbean » The Bahamas » Coconut Bread Recipe from The Bahamas

    Coconut Bread Recipe from The Bahamas

    Published on Jan 17, 2019 Modified: Aug 8, 2020 by The Foreign Fork This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.

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    This Coconut Bread Recipe is a delicious sweet bread from the Bahamas. Made with coconut milk and honey, this bread is a sweet treat all by itself. Pop all of the ingredients in a bread maker and you will have a delicious loaf of bread in no time!

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    “Hello Reader! I try my hardest to research recipes as best as I can before posting to ensure I am representing each culture correctly. If this recipe is from your country and I have made a mistake or you have suggestions for how to make it more authentic, I would love to hear! Please leave a comment below letting me know what should be different, and I will rework the recipe. It is always my intention to pay homage and respect to each cultural dish that I cook. Thanks for reading!”

    When I was about 11 years old, my family took a trip to Disney World. (Actually, we took a trip to Disney World every year for about 10 years.) But on this particular trip, we signed up for a luau at Disney Polynesian Village Resort.

    My little family of four sat at a table in Florida, entranced by the hula dancers, fire breathers, and drummers. The experience came with an all-you-can-eat buffet overflowing with delicious food like Polynesian ribs and pineapple guava cake. The favorite amongst our family, though, was the coconut bread.

    Coconut Bread as an Appetizer

    The bread came as an appetizer, but it might as well have been our meal. My brother and I devoured roll after roll after roll of this tropical treat, mmm-ing and yummm-ing with every bite. We loved the bread so much that my mom called the waitress aside and asked to take the recipe home. They brought us a recipe card, and the bread has been a family favorite ever since.

    Coconut Bread Recipe with mango and kiwi

    What is Coconut Bread?

    This Coconut Bimini Bread from The Bahamas is not the recipe from Disney and it doesn’t come in roll form, but it’s just as delicious as the bread we ate so many years ago.

    The coconut milk and honey in the dough makes the bread sweet, forming a treat that oh-so-subtly sweeps you off to a beach on a Bahamian island.

    What Ingredients are in this Coconut Bread Recipe?

    Coconut milk
    Salt
    Sugar
    Nonfat dry milk powder
    Honey
    Butter
    Vegetable oil
    Eggs 
    Unbleached flour
    Instant dry yeast

    How to Make Coconut Bread

    Mix the yeast with water according to the instructions on the back of the package. 

    Add the liquids into the bread maker. Then the dry ingredients. Add the yeast in last. 

    Set cook time on your bread maker following the instructions for traditional white bread. Enjoy!

    Can I Use Coconut Flour for this Recipe?

    This Coconut Bread Recipe is inspired by Coconut Bimini Bread from The Bahamas. Coconut flour sounds delicious in this recipe, but, unfortunately, I’ve never tried it.

    Most of the Coconut Bimini Bread recipes use unbleached flour as the flour in the recipe, so I have done the same here.

    Coconut loaf cake with dried fruit on top

    Using a Bread Maker

    With this recipe, I also finally got to break out the bread maker that my mom has had since her wedding 24 years ago. It was so easy to pop all of the ingredients in the bread maker and walk into the house 3 hours later with the smell of fresh-baked bread wafting over me.

    Using a bread maker is still kind of an unusual concept to me, as I haven’t done it very often over the years.

    It’s quite simple, however, to make this recipe in your bread maker, as it doesn’t require any special assistance. I simply followed the instructions for “white bread” on my bread maker instructions, and my loaf came out perfectly!

    Each bread maker will have a different method for making white bread, so make sure to check your manual instructions so that you know how to do it!

    If you need help understanding your bread maker, here is a great guide that I used to understand my bread machine for the first time.

    How to Enjoy your Coconut Bread

    You can use this bread for anything you would normally use white bread for. Keep in mind, though, that it has a sweeter taste, so you will want to accommodate for this when choosing what recipes to use it with.

    This bread was great simply topped with butter and eaten as toast. It would also be a fantastic base for French toast! It would also be delicious as the bread base for this Panzanella Sandwich.

    Once you try it, let me know what you think! Post a photo of your Coconut Bimini Bread with the hashtag #theforeignfork and the tag @theforeignfork. Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post letting me know what you thought!

    If you liked this recipe, also check out these other recipes I picked out just for you:

    • Andorran Torrijas
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    • Cornbread with Leeks
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    Coconut Bimini Bread (The Bahamas)

    Coconut Bimini Bread is a delicious sweet bread from the Bahamas. Made with coconut milk and honey, this bread is a sweet treat all by itself. Pop all of the ingredients in a bread maker and you will have a delicious loaf of bread in no time!
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    Course: Bread
    Cuisine: Bahamian, The Bahamas
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 4 hours
    Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
    Servings: 8 slices
    Calories: 261kcal
    Author: The Foreign Fork

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup coconut milk
    • ½ tsp salt
    • 2 ½ tbsp sugar
    • 1 tbsp nonfat dry milk powder
    • 1 ½ tbsp honey
    • 1 ½ tbsp butter, softened
    • 2 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
    • ⅓ cup eggs, lightly mixed
    • 2 ¼ cups unbleached flour
    • 1 ⅛ tsp instant dry yeast

    Instructions

    • Mix the yeast with water according to the instructions on the back of the package. 
    • Add the liquids into the bread maker. Then the dry ingredients. Add the yeast in last. 
    • Set cook time on your bread maker following the instructions for traditional white bread. Enjoy!

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 141IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Jessie says

      January 13, 2023 at 1:03 pm

      Is this for a 11/2 lb loaf or 2 lb loaf? My bread machine has both options.

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    2. Janette Neufville says

      February 01, 2021 at 3:09 pm

      5 stars
      Great taste! The 1/3 cup egg kinda threw me for a sec, but it ended up being an extra large egg.

      Reply
      • Janette Neufville says

        February 01, 2021 at 3:11 pm

        Also, I was doubtful, but mixed my dry yeast in about a tablespoon or more lukewarm to warm water, and it rose beautifully

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      • The Foreign Fork says

        February 04, 2021 at 7:23 pm

        haha! each egg is different, and this recipe had to be really specific with how much egg, so I went with cups instead! Glad you were able to figure it out easily and that you enjoyed the taste of the bread 🙂 Thanks for leaving a comment!

        Reply
    3. Ed Dawson says

      September 10, 2020 at 11:52 pm

      We love our bread machine. Your recipe sounds delicious, but it concerns us because of our many dozens of recipes we have none that recommend mixing yeast with water before adding it to the machine. Neither do the instructions with our machine. Will this work if we simply add dry yeast after the other ingredients as recommended?

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      • The Foreign Fork says

        September 11, 2020 at 2:21 am

        Hi Ed,
        Thanks for your question! I always make the bread the way that the recipe describes and we’ve never had any problems with it 🙂 I actually have never tried the recipe the way that you mention above! If you do try it like that, please let me know how it turns out!

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    4. lisa says

      June 09, 2020 at 6:57 pm

      This recipe looks good, I will try and report back. I had tried original coconut bread in bahamas. When we went looking for the bahamian bread, always sold out. Amazing flavor and texture, I still remember it and I have been looking for a recipe.

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      • The Foreign Fork says

        June 09, 2020 at 7:51 pm

        Hurray!! Let me know what you think of it! I hope it’s as good as what you remember from The Bahamas.

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      • Scott says

        March 09, 2022 at 1:35 pm

        What was your experience with this recipe vs the real deal in Bimini?

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    5. Meghan Hallewell says

      June 21, 2019 at 12:19 pm

      5 stars
      Loved this bread! I’m so glad I was able to taste test this!! Mmm, mmm good!! It had the perfect amount of coconut flavor.

      Reply

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