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Coconut Almond Raisin Bread

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When I saw a coconut bread recipe in wholefood.com. I felt like trying it. It is similar to Honduran bread "Pan de coco".  This bread is served along with soups and as breakfast and afternoon snack. If you are a follower of this blog, you might have already noticed that I have weakness/fondness towards coconut. I want to bake bread with coconut. It is white bread traditionally, however I wanted to make a healthier version.
In Kerala, we like to add coconut to everything, sweet or savory dishes you name it we have it. I think for us, coconut makes everything complete. We always use coconut and cumin seeds in our savory dishes especially stir fry. So I thought okay I will add cumin in bread also. I don’t want to use eggs in my bread so used flax seed meal. I have some chopped almonds in my pantry, so they also found a place in my bread. In order to make it slightly sweet I added 1 teaspoon of honey, coconut milk and raisins. 
After going through lots of recipes, I came into the conclusion that I need more yeast than I use for my usual bread, but I am not comfortable using one package yeast in my bread. I used 2 ½ teaspoon active dry yeast. While baking, my entire house had a nice smell. Even my hubby who was upstairs came and told me he can smell the aroma. This bread is wonderful tasty, it has slight sweetness of honey and raisins with crunchiness of coconut and almond. We ate this bread without butter or jam. You can have it just like that. I enjoyed making them. Sure I am going make them again with fresh coconut. If you want to make it sweeter add some more honey or sugar. Here goes the recipe. 

What you need

Whole wheat flour: 2 cups
Bread flour: 1 cup
Yeast: 2 ½ teaspoon ( I used active dry yeast)
Sugar : ¼ teaspoon
Honey: 1 teaspoon
Water:1 cup
Flax seed meal: ¼ cup
Almond: ⅓ cup ( I used chopped almond)
Coconut: ½ cup ( I used unsweetened coconut, Use fresh coconut for authentic taste)
Coconut milk: 1 cup + 2 tablespoon
Cumin seeds: 1 tablespoon
Oil: ¼ cup ( I used canola oil)
Salt: ¾ teaspoon
Raisins: ⅓ cup

For egg wash
Egg: 1no
Water: 2 tablespoons

How I made

In a small sauce pot add ½ cup of cold water and raisins bring to a boil and drain raisins in kitchen towel to remove extra water. Set aside.
In a small bowl add active dry yeast in ½ cup lukewarm water along with ¼ teaspoon sugar. Keep aside for 10 minutes or until yeast gets foamy. I kept it for about 20 minutes.
In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, bread flour, flax seed meal, coconut, salt, and the yeast. Add the honey, oil, raisins and coconut milk into the flour mixture. Mix everything until the dough forms a loose ball, adding an additional tablespoon of coconut milk or two if necessary to bring the dough together. Knead for 7-10 minutes. The dough should feel supple and pliable but not sticky. Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling to coat it all over. Cover and set aside.
Keep aside knead dough in slightly oiled vessel for doubling. It took about 2hours to double.
Transfer the dough into a lightly floured surface and spread into loaf and keep it in a lightly greased loaf pan. Cover with a proof cover or greased plastic wrap, and let the loaf rise for 45 minutes, or until they're quite puffy. Brush the top with egg wash. ( If you don’t want you use egg wash, you can brush with oil or butter, when they come out of oven) By the end of second rising time preheat oven to 375 Fahrenheit. 
Bake them in a preheated 375°F oven for 30minutes, or until they’re well browned or registered an internal temperature of 180-190 °F on an instant-read thermometer. 20 minutes into the baking time cover the loaf pan with aluminum foil to prevent the crust become harder. Remove it from the oven, and remove from the pans. Allow them to cool completely before serving.

Preparation time: Preparation time: 30 minutes for preparing dough,
Doubling time: 2hours + 45 minutes for second rise
Baking time: 30 minutes
Yield: 1 loaf
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes

This delicious bread is going to

Bread baking day #31 hosted by Zorra.
Yeast spotting event  hosted by Susan

Swathi

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  1. Swathi says

    Thanks Michael for trying this bread.

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  2. Michael says

    I have tasted this bread when I visited an Indian friend of mine and I instantly fell in love with it. I was asking for the recipe but her mom told me that it was a family secret. I am so happy that I found this recipe as now I can make one myself. This bread definitely went well with a hot cup of coffee made from my delonghi espresso maker at home. Thanks!

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  3. Rekha says

    I had been eyeing this one for quite some time and made this just now and it turned out awesome, thanks for the recipe. I did substitute raisins with dates, almonds with chapped cashew and omit jeera. Thanks again.

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  4. zorra says

    I love coconut as well, so recipe is noted! Thank you very much for participating in BBD #31.

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  5. Neha says

    cake looks great...simply delicious. I like your patience in cooking..you have done a great deal of thought before trying this cake..kudos to your hard work!

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  6. Faith says

    I also love coconut in sweet and savory dishes. This looks delicious! It would make the perfect breakfast. 🙂

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  7. Suman Singh says

    wow..bread looks perfect...nothing can be better than homemade bread..

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  8. Sharmilee! :) says

    Nice steps for the baking...Perfect bread u've got luv the texture

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  9. M D says

    This bread is just too perfect. Love it!

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  10. Niloufer Riyaz says

    delicious bread n beautiful clicks

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  11. Red Chillies says

    Bread looks so soft and delicious.

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  12. Priti says

    The bread looks so perfect and yum...must be really yum

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  13. Malar Gandhi says

    What a gorgeous preparation, interesting ingredients as well, love it.

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  14. Vrinda says

    U became an expert in bread making..looks perfect as usual...

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  15. sanjeeta kk says

    Wow! Love the texture of the bread. Flax seeds and coconut are the cherry on the recipe.

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  16. Hamaree Rasoi says

    Swathi

    Your are becoming an expert in baking 🙂 Awesome job loaf looks gorgeous and perfectly baked

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  17. தக்குடுபாண்டி says

    எங்க ஊர் அப்பளாத்துக்கு பிசைஞ்சு வெச்ச மாவு மாதிரியே இருக்கு மேடம்! ஸ்டார் ஹோட்டல் செப் மாதிரி பயங்கரமா லெவெல் காட்டரேள் நீங்க!...:)keep it up!

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  18. PranisKitchen says

    so now started trying the flavored bread good work swathi.. really delicious and nice combo .. bread looks so perfect and yumm

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  19. Sushma Mallya says

    Perfectly baked and yummy combo too...

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  20. Suhaina says

    wow, really interesting and looks good. i will try this and let u know the result soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe dear.

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  21. SpicyTasty says

    Hi Swathi,
    looks so delicious!!nice presentation!!

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  22. Cinnamon-Girl says

    I really love coconut too! And this bread! You put so many delicious things into it. It's really lovely!

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  23. Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) says

    soft n fluffy perfectly baked....love the ingredients put in it...healthy and yum

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  24. Premalatha Aravindhan says

    Bread luks very soft and fluffy...never tried with coconut,gud idea...will try it.

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  25. Rachana says

    Bread looks lovely! A very different and healthy combo for a bread...looks yumm!

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  26. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

    Swathi, that bread looks simply mouth watering, with all those tastes exploding in the mouth.

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  27. Cool Lassi(e) says

    Bread looks fab! I am partial to sweet breads. You bake breads wonderfully.

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  28. Kiran says

    Swathi,
    Love this delicious wholesome bread with wonderful healthy combinations.You make bread making look so easy.

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  29. Guna's kitchen says

    u became a professional chef in making different types of bread...... hmmmmmmm.......almond coconut bread very healthy toooo..... the bread luks yummy and nice color too

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  30. Priya says

    Gorgeous loaf, very interesting combo for a bread...awesome work Swathi..

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