Hawaiian Bread II

This is one of my new favorite bread recipes! I adapted it for my bread machine by cutting the recipe in half. I noticed that there was no salt in the recipe so I added 3/4 of a teaspoon just to be safe and the loaf came out perfect. I used 1 and 1/4 teaspoon of bread machine yeast, 1 egg and substituted coconut extract for the vanilla extract. I baked it on the regular crust sweet bread setting. It was so sweet and soft - almost more like cake than bread. It also made great toast. Delicious!

This recipe has been revised. The yeast is mixed with 1/2 cup warm water in step 1 of the directions. A second 1/2 cup water is used to make the batter. - The Staff

I wanted a Hawaiian-style bread like the pull-apart you find in the store. I wanted to make the dough in my bread machine. I took the suggestions of Jennifer 72--cut the recipe in half, added the salt, changed the vanilla extract to coconut extract. I addedd 2TBSP water to adjust for the 1/2 egg I didn't use. I had to keep adding flour to the recipe to make a dough that I could handle because this is more of a batter bread. When the dough was right and the cycle was finished, I patted the dough out flat. I cut the dough into 18 or 20 small pieces. I rolled those pieces into small balls and placed them in a greased angel food pan. I let that rise till doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours. I baked it at 350degrees for about 35 minutes--till brown on top. I forgot to add some egg wash on top, could do that next time. Also, I might cover the bread or turn it down. The sweetness of the dough caused the brown top to get crispy instead of chewy. After baking, I let it sit in the pan on a cooling rack for five minutes. Then I turned the bread upside down to remove it. The guests at my Hawaiian-themed dinner party loved it, it made a great pull-apart bread. If anyone tries it this way, I hope you measure how much extra flour you add. It might have been as much as 3/4cup+. I just kept adding flour. Also, I would omit the substitution for the 1/2 egg, just forget about adding extra water. Really glad that it came out so well. Enjoy, and hope my comments help.

Great bread, but add a little more salt than the recipe calls for. Serve this with toasted cocoanut butter....mmmm, mmmm good!

Great tasting bread! Relatively easy to make, although kids can be impatient with waiting for the bread to proof.

This turned out differently than expected. The dough was runny, sticky, and hard to work with. It also didn't rise as much as I would like, and wasn't sweet enough, even with all the sugar. It was good hot out of the oven with butter, but I probably won't make this again.

Only downfall...NEEDS SALT. Bread was wonderful. I made a french loaf out of it to eat with Grilled Pineapple Chicken sandwiches and it was great. This one goes into my cookbook but with SALT added.

This bread is a huge hit. I made it for a Hawaiian themed party and now everyone asks me to make this for any occasion. It is simple to make and tastes great.

This bread was very tasty! I cut the recipe in half, so I used one egg and one egg white. I also used applesauce for half of the butter. Maybe it was due to my substitutions, but the bread was not able to be formed into loaves after proofing the first time. I had to pour it out of the bowl because it was more batter-like than doughy. Regardless, the bread rose nicely the second time and baked up wonderfully. I also did not have any ginger so I left it out - I think it would be good either way. I served this with Jamaican Jerk Pork Chops from this site and it made a wonderful tropical meal!

Yum, this was very good. We ate it fresh from the oven! I cant wait to try it toasted for breakfast. I did make it in my bread machine I have a 2lb breadmaker and thought I could get away with 2/3 of the recipe. It rose too high and didnt quite bake all the way on top, so I put it in the oven a few minutes more and it was fine. Will make again! But only half recipe.