Bread Of Barbados Recipes

BAJAN SWEET BREAD (BARBADOS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350*F and lightly grease a bread pan. The original recipe calls for 2 bread pans, but the bread doesn't rise at all so it bakes nicely in one pan.
• In a mixer cream together the brown sugar, shortening and butter.
• Add flour, salt, grated coconut, raisins, cherries, nutmeg and mix well.
• Stir in almond extract, evaporated milk, and water, until a firm dough is formed. (You may need to add additional water.).
• Split the dough evenly between the two pans, and use a knife to cut a diagonal criss-cross pattern on the top of each loaf. Sprinkle 1 tbsp turbinado sugar over the top of each loaf.
• Bake for about 1 hour, until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaves comes out clean (Or a digital thermometer reads 190*F.) Cool completely in the pans before removing.

BARBADIAN COCONUT SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• grease 2 1-lb loaf pans or 1 2-lb pan.
• place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and sift in all of the flour.
• rub ingredients together with your fingertips till the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• add the coconut, mixed spice, vanilla, rum, eggs and milk.
• mix together well with your hands.
• if the mixture is too dry, add more milk.
• knead on a floured board till firm and pliable.
• halve the mixture and place in loaf pans.
• glaze with sugared water and bake for about 1 hour, till skewer inserted into loaf comes out clean.

BAJAN SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• Grease loaf pans with shortening and pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix flour, baking powder,salt, coconut, sugar and the raisins together in a bowl.
• Add egg, evaporated milk, margarine and almond essence and mix together well until you have a firm dough.
• Divide dough in half and fill loaf pans.
• Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of hot water and brush mixture over the loaves.
• Bake in center of oven for about 1 hour or until skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pans.

BREAD OF BARBADOS

Steps:

• Combine almonds with flour, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate, baking powder, soda, and salt.
• Mix well.
• Cream butter with sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, 1 at a time and then beat in the mashed bananas.
• Beat until smooth.
• Stir in the almond mixture.
• Spoon into well-greased 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until well done.
• Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
• Cool before slicing.
• To serve, cut thin slices.
• Spread, if you wish, with soft butter or cream cheese.