{"id":111,"date":"2021-06-04T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classylatina.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T23:18:30","slug":"pan-de-coco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classylatina.com\/pan-de-coco\/","title":{"rendered":"We are obsessed with this Pan de Coco recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pan de Coco Recipe (Coconut Bread Recipe)<\/h3>\n<p>Who loves sweet coconut bread? We do! This recipe is sure to make your whole house&#8217;s mouths water.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why I love this Recipe:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes the house smell AMAZING while it\u2019s baking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freshly baked rolls go with just about everything<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are soft, fluffy and delicious!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love bread<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pan de coco, coconut bread, is popular along the Carribean coast of Honduras where many <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garifuna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garifuna<\/a> or \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garinagu\u201d live. The Garifuna people are descendants of West African, Carib and Arawak people<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and they live in coastal communities of Central American. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Honduras, the Garifuna music, food and culture have a very strong influence in all of the country, but it is most pronounced in the region on the North Coast where I lived. <a href=\"http:\/\/classylatina.com\/leche-de-coco\">Coconut milk<\/a> and coconut oil are both prominent features of food in this region, and Pan de Coco has both.\u00a0 Typically this bread is made with freshly pressed coconut milk, but the recipe below uses canned coconut milk for convenience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pan de Coco Recipe<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 can coconut milk (full fat) + enough water to equal a total of 2 \u00bd Cups of liquid*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 Tbsp sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 tsp yeast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 \u00bd tsp salt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Cups flour (more or less, depending on climate)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* if using freshly <a href=\"http:\/\/classylatina.com\/leche-de-coco\">pressed coconut milk<\/a>, replace all liquid with it and add 1 Tbsp of coconut oil to the recipe<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Warm the coconut milk, water and sugar until it reaches 105 &#8211; 115 F (warm but not hot)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stir in yeast and set aside until it dissolves becomes foamy (about 10 minutes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Add this mixture to a stand mixer with a dough hook (or a bowl with strong spoon or dough whisk) and slowly add flour a little bit at a time until dough is elastic and still a bit sticky<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Using hands well greased with coconut oil, remove dough and form into a round. Place in a greased bowl and cover. Let rise until doubled in size (to use IP, press yogurt button, then the adjust button until \u201cless\u201d is selected, which is the lowest temperature setting)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Punch down dough and form into 12 balls; place each ball in a greased 13X9\u201d pan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Set pan on top of oven while it preheats to 400 F<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Once balls have doubled in size, place pan in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Right after taking it out of the oven, brush the tops with melted coconut oil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>How to serve:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My kids and I love to eat these plain while they are still warm. We slather them with vegan butter and just eat half the pan right away. These rolls don\u2019t ever last more than one day in my house. They go nicely with soups, chilis or really any meal that you would accompany with dinner rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you to our contributor Karin Martinez for our newest recipe obsession!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pan de Coco Recipe (Coconut Bread Recipe) Who loves sweet coconut bread? We do! This recipe is sure to make your whole house&#8217;s mouths water. Why I love this Recipe: It makes the house smell AMAZING while it\u2019s baking Freshly baked rolls go with just about everything They are soft, fluffy and delicious! 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