Belizean Creole Bread
1 1/2 cups coconut milk -- (preferable organic. I use the lowfat version, but it really doesn't matter which you choose.)
5 cups white flour -- (5 to smileys/bigeyes.gif (the amount you will need depends upon the humidity in your region)
2 tablespoons instant yeast
1/2 cup vegetable oil -- (can try coconut oil to up the flavour)
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
Proof the yeast. Mix together the 1/2 cup warm water, 2 tsp yeast, 2 tsp sugar and 2 tbsp of flour in a small bowl and set aside for 10 minutes.
Warm milk, fat, sugar, and salt in the microwave for about 20 seconds-stir together and set aside. Don't let the mixture boil, you just want to heat it up a bit. Sift 5 cups of flour into a large bowl.
Once the milk mixture has cooled enough that you can comfortably stick a finger in it, mix it into the yeast.
Add wet ingredients to the flour. Mix with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. If sticky, add flour until you have a dough that you can knead.
Dust your counter with flour and knead the dough until smooth, about 5-8 minutes. If the dough becomes sticky as you knead just sprinkle with flour as required. You may have to add up to a cup of flour at this stage depending on the humidity of your kitchen.
Put in greased bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in size. Punch down and knead for two or three minutes. Make into two large or six small round balls. Place on a greased pan-let rise again, bake at 400 F/205 C for 30-35 minutes until the tops brown and the bottom of a loaf, when tapped, sounds hollow.
1 1/2 cups coconut milk -- (preferable organic. I use the lowfat version, but it really doesn't matter which you choose.)
5 cups white flour -- (5 to smileys/bigeyes.gif (the amount you will need depends upon the humidity in your region)
2 tablespoons instant yeast
1/2 cup vegetable oil -- (can try coconut oil to up the flavour)
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
Proof the yeast. Mix together the 1/2 cup warm water, 2 tsp yeast, 2 tsp sugar and 2 tbsp of flour in a small bowl and set aside for 10 minutes.
Warm milk, fat, sugar, and salt in the microwave for about 20 seconds-stir together and set aside. Don't let the mixture boil, you just want to heat it up a bit. Sift 5 cups of flour into a large bowl.
Once the milk mixture has cooled enough that you can comfortably stick a finger in it, mix it into the yeast.
Add wet ingredients to the flour. Mix with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. If sticky, add flour until you have a dough that you can knead.
Dust your counter with flour and knead the dough until smooth, about 5-8 minutes. If the dough becomes sticky as you knead just sprinkle with flour as required. You may have to add up to a cup of flour at this stage depending on the humidity of your kitchen.
Put in greased bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in size. Punch down and knead for two or three minutes. Make into two large or six small round balls. Place on a greased pan-let rise again, bake at 400 F/205 C for 30-35 minutes until the tops brown and the bottom of a loaf, when tapped, sounds hollow.