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Coco Bread
Tanya Harris’s Jamaican coco bread recalls the soft bakery bread she grew up eating in a Jamaican household.
About Coco Bread
Tanya Harris’s Jamaican coco bread recalls the soft bakery bread she grew up eating in a Jamaican household. Coconut milk and butter enrich a lightly sweetened wheat dough.
The dough is folded over a buttered centre, creating the familiar half-moon shape and a pocket between the layers. A final brushing of butter gives the baked surface a soft sheen.
Served warm on its own, the bread has a tender, fluffy crumb and a gentle coconut flavour. Its folded shape also reflects its familiar place alongside Jamaican beef patties.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Coco Bread
Tanya Harris’s Jamaican coco bread with coconut milk.
- WaterLiquid
- Instant dry yeastSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- All-purpose wheat flourBase
- White granulated sugarSweetener
- SaltSeasoning
- Unsweetened canned coconut milkLiquid
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- Flour for dustingBaseIngredient page not linked
- Grease for the bowlCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual127 dough water, temperature not a final-service inference.
- Instant dry yeast: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual131 named instant dry yeast, exact registry identity not available; no active-yeast substitute.
- All-purpose wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual135 conventional all-purpose flour confirms Wheat; broader wheat-flour candidate.
- White granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Unsweetened canned coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual145–146 selected original, not dairy whole-milk substitute; full product formula unprovided.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual149/153/156/159 dough, fold and final brush; Milk definite, broader butter.
- Flour for dusting: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method154/156 generic surface flour, cereal unprovided separately from actual named dough AP.
- Grease for the bowl: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method155 literal greased bowl, exact food/formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Jamaica association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Jamaica
- JamaicaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Jamaican Cuisine
- Jamaican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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