Bake A Traditional Sweet Bread For A Christmas Morning Treat

A Trini Christmas is traditionally filled with pastelles, corn pie, turkey and ham. However, every household has its own personal additions. For many, sweet bread and geera pork are staples during the season. Try something new from our featured recipes this issue. You may just find a new tradition for your family.

SWEET BREAD

Grannies usually have the ‘sweet-hand’ for sweet bread. It has to be the right weight, with just the right amount of coconut and and crunch, hard exterior. This recipe gives you a sweet bread with all of that and more. It’s creamy, nostalgic and perfect with a cup of tea.

Yields: 12 Servings

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

INGREDIENTS

• 2 pounds flour 1 large dried coconut, grated 
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 2 tablespoons baking powder 
• ¼ teaspoon yeast 
• ¼ pound lard 
• ¼ pound butter  
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 
• 1 tablespoon vanilla essence 
• ½ 395 gram-tin condensed milk 
• 1 cup evaporated milk Currants, cherries, mixed fruits 
• Brown sugar, for topping

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, mix all dry ingredients together.
2. Add butter and lard. Cut and work in the fats with dry ingredients until it turns crumbly.
3. Add milk, vanilla essence and granulated sugar and 1 cup warm water; mix well.
4. Grease 2 loaf pans with lard and butter. Then, pour mixture.
5. Preheat oven to 350°F.
6. Let rise for 30 minutes.
7. Bake for 45 minutes.
8. Let cool then, slice and serve.

About Post Author

Sandra Sookdeo

Sandra has been cooking recipes learned from her mother, Ruth, and her family. These recipes have been handed through generations over the years. Sandra continues to pass down her and her mother’s traditional cooking methods and recipes to her daughters.

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