Maddog's Mango Coconut Bread

R. Warren Meddoff's Note:

This is delicious as a dessert served with ice cream (coconut or mango ;-) or as a deliciously sweet bread for breakfast with coffee, as a side with a salad for lunch. Or go completely wild and have it with a hot rum tody for tea time! It is a blast of the tropics worth going out in the mid-day sun for!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 32

Yield: 2.0 loaves

• 1 lb unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups firm-packed light brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 3/4 cups self-rising flour
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
• 2 cups diced ripe but firm mangoes
• 1 1/2 cups light-packed shredded coconut

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two (8-by-4-by-21/2-inch) loaf pans well with no-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light using an electric mixer on medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed of mixer, beat in flour and nutmeg. Fold in mangoes and coconut.
3. Divide batter between prepared pans and bake in center of oven about an hour or until center of each loaf is set. If edges seem to be getting too brown, cover them lightly with foil the last few minutes of baking.
4. Let sit in pans about 8 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to cool. Best if completely cool before slicing. Slices even better from refrigerator. Makes 2 loaves; 16 slices ea.

Reviews

[L.N]

Absolutely beautiful! My family loves mangos and coconuts, so this hit the spot for them. I used 1/2 lb butter and substitute coconut milk for the rest. It gave a moist, coconut flavor. Thank you for this recipe.

[wicked cook 46]

My DH fell in love with this bread. I cut the recipe in half to make one loaf. It is yummy and moist. Made for March Photo Event

[Shasha]

Nice use of mango, but my family didn't seem to enjoy it too much (probably since they're so used to banana bread! :))