Coconut Loaf

== Description ==
=== Ingredients ===
* 2 teaspoons (7g) dried Yeast
* 1 tablespoon fine Sugar
* ½ cup milk, warmed
* 3 eggs, lightly beaten
* ½ teaspoon Coconut essence
* 2¾ cups plain flour
* 1¼ cups Coconut
* ½ cup fine Sugar, extra
* 120 g (4¼ oz) soft Butter
== Directions ==
* Grease a 14 cm x 21 cm (5.5" x 8.3") loaf pan.
* Combine yeast, Sugar and milk in bowl. 
* Cover, stand in warm place for 15 minutes. 
* Stir in eggs and essence. 
* Combine flour, coconut and extra Sugar in large bowl. 
* Stir in yeast mixture, mix to a firm dough, knead for 5 minutes. 
* Cover, stand in warm place for about 1 hour or until dough is doubled in size. * Knead dough until smooth, gradually knead in small pieces of the soft butter. * Place dough into prepared pan and stand in warm place about 40 minutes or until doubled in size. 
* Bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for 20 minutes. 
* Reduce heat to 180 °C (350 °F), bake further 40 minutes, covering loaf with foil if beginning to overbrown. 
* Stand for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool. 
* Dust with sifted icing sugar just before serving, if desired.
=== Other Links ===
== See also ==
Category:Australian Recipes
Category:Australian Snacks
Category:Coconut Recipes
Category:Snack Recipes
Category:Yeast Recipes