Hawaiian Coconut Bread Recipe

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Ingredients

3/4 cup & 1 tablespoon warm water
1/2 cup crushed canned pineapple and juice
1/4 cup butter, softened and cut up
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
3 2/3 cup bread flour, unsifted
3/4 cup shredded coconut
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast or bread machine yeast
2/3 cup golden raisins

Preparation

Step 1

Cycle Setting: Sweet or Raisin /Nut
Crust Setting: As desired

Measure ingredients (except raisins) into the bread pan according to the manufacturer's directions for your machine.
Measure raisins to add at the beep or when manufacturer directs.
Set the cycle, loaf size and crust setting.
Press start.

After about 5 minutes of kneading, check the consistency of your dough. If dough is not in a smooth round ball, open lid and with machine ON, add liquid a tablespoon at a time if too dry, or add flour a tablespoon at a time if too wet.

Remove the bread promptly from the pan when the machine beeps or on completing the cycle.
Cool on rack before slicing.