Sweet Coconut Bread
This gluten-free Sweet Coconut Bread is moist, delicate, and, most importantly, packed with coconut flavor! Decorated with a simple powdered sugar glaze and toasted coconut, it’s a perfect sweet breakfast, snack, or dessert.
Servings: 10 slices
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups oat flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter melted and cooled
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs room temperature
- 13.5 oz canned coconut milk*
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 ¼ cup shredded coconut toasted – use 1 cup in bread and ¼ on top
For the glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp milk or more as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8x4 bread pan with parchment paper, leaving a 1” overhang for easy removal.
- First, melt the butter in a microwave-safe bowl and allow it to cool to room temperature. At the same time, toast the coconut. Add shredded coconut to a medium skillet and heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally until golden brown; transfer to a small bowl.
- In a medium bowl, stir the oat flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Once the butter has cooled, whisk the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs, coconut milk and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, along with 1 cup of the toasted coconut, and gently stir until just combined. Transfer the batter into your prepared bread pan, then bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove bread from the oven but leave it in the bread pan. Transfer the bread pan onto a wire rack and allow the bread to cool completely before removing and slicing.
- For the glaze: Whisk the powdered sugar and milk together until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the bread, then sprinkle with the remaining toasted coconut. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
NOTE: wait until bread cools completely before slicing; Oat flour is more delicate, and if you slice it too soon, it’s more likely to fall apart
*If coconut milk is chunky, pour it into a bowl and mix until smooth, then add it in with the wet ingredients
*You can use a 9x5 pan, but the bread might take a little longer to bake, so keep an eye on it!
*Calories are per serving and are an estimation
Nutrition
Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 314mg | Potassium: 261mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 2mg
