Orange-Coconut Bread
(from shawn’s recipe box)
“This bread is good with a cup of tea and makes an easy on-the-go snack.” -Trisha Kruse, Eagle, ID
Source: Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho, Cooking Light, DECEMBER 2005
Serves 12 peopleCategories: Bread
Ingredients
- * 1 cup sugar
- * 1 tablespoon canola oil
- * 1 large egg
- * 1/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
- * 1 (8-ounce) carton orange fat-free yogurt
- * 2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)
- * 5 tablespoons flaked sweetened coconut, divided
- * 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
- * 1 teaspoon baking soda
- * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- * Cooking spray
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°.
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Combine 1 cup sugar, oil, and egg in a medium bowl, and stir with a whisk until smooth. Stir in milk and yogurt. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, 1/4 cup coconut, orange rind, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Make a well in the center of flour mixture, and add milk mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
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Spoon batter into a 9 × 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon coconut. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes.