Coconut loaf like Hawaiian holiday

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, November 3, 2005

Tim Jarboe of Mukilteo may have struck it lucky with his request for a coconut bread like the one served at a Waikiki hotel’s breakfast buffet.

“Could this be what Tim Jarboe is looking for?” asks Everett cook Joyce Lewis. “It’s really yummy!”

Coconut bread

3cups flour

2teaspoons baking powder

1/2teaspoon baking soda

1/2teaspoon salt

2cups sugar

1cup vegetable oil

4eggs, lightly beaten

2teaspoons coconut extract

1cup buttermilk

1cup shredded coconut

1cup chopped walnuts

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine sugar, oil, eggs and coconut extract; add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk and stir just until moistened. Fold in coconut and nuts.

Pour into 2 greased and floured, 21/2-by-41/2-by-81/2-inch loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until breads test done. Cool 10 minutes in pans before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 2 loaves.

RSVP: Fay Medema and Kelly Holderman, please send me your address with ZIP code, and I’ll send you the recipes you requested.

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