Coconut Bun/bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1/2 cup bread flour, for kneading
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 cup milk (microwave for 20 sec.)
• 1/4 cup butter (melted)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine

Recipe

• 1 mix yeast with the 1/4 cup warm water with 1 tsp sugar let stand for 5 minutes till foamy.(yeast mixture).
• 2 in another bowl mix milk and and melted butter. (butter/milk mixture).
• 3 slowly pour half of the milk/butter mixture to the yeast mixture continue beating. add the flour ,alternate with milk/butter mixture. set aside (1/2 cup flour for shaping the dough).
• 4 then add 4 tbs sugar beat for 1 minute then last the salt.
• 5 beat till smooth 2 to 3 minutes.
• 6 put on oil bowl and cover with cloth. let rise for 1 hour till double bulk.
• 7 after 1 hour punch down the dough shape into balls( this dough is very sticky u can use now the 1/2 cup flour for shaping) and filled with coconut filling. i use 2 tbs spoon.
• 8 let rise for another 30 minutes to 40 minutes till double bulk.
• 9 bake for f350 for 30 minutes before baking brush with egg wash (egg wash 1 egg+tbs water or milk+butter).
• 10 coconut filling.
• 11 boil water and sugar in a saucepan.
• 12 add the flour until dissolve.
• 13 add the coconut flakes cook until little dry( not too dry ok).
• 14 then add margarine or butter.