Coconut Bread Trinidad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 cups fresh coconut, finely grated
1 egg, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
to taste sugar

Preparation

Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in coconut. Combine egg, milk, vanilla and butter.
Make a well in the dry ingredients.
Pour liquid into the well.
Stir lightly but thoroughly and pour into 2 greased 8 or 9 inch loaf pans, filling pans about 2/3 full.
Sprinkle the top of the batter with sugar.
Bake at 350 F for about 55 minutes or until they test done.