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Coconut Rolls (No Eggs, No Butter)

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Coconut Rolls

Hello friends, Yet another Wednesday made fun because of Blog Hop Wednesdays well at least that his how I feel. For this month I’m paired with Divya and when I was mulling over what to choose, TH made it easy for me. You see, he is not a person who loves to eat anything sweet and loves hot and spicy food. No wonder he still remembers the Pizza and these buns. But last week when I gave him these scones, he demanded why I’ve never tried anything with coconuts and that is when the decision was made. I don’t blame him as he is not fond of fruit based bakes.

I tweaked a little and left out the chocolate in this recipe as we both are not that crazy about chocolate. As the Kids are not home I wanted to make just 4 rolls and this was the perfect time to experiment with Palm oil in a yeast based bake instead of butter. I have already tried using Palm oil in these scones and Carrot cake and had success with it. Guess what I could not believe the texture was so good despite not using any butter.
We consumed the rolls on the same day so I used fresh coconut but if you are making in larger quantity which you can do by easily doubling the ingredients, I would suggest using desiccated coconut as it will keep longer. Now off to the recipe….


Sweetened Coconut Rolls

You’ll need:

  • All Purpose flour – 1 cup
  • Instant Yeast – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1 pinch
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp
  • Palm oil – 3 tbsp
  • Milk – 1/4 cup

For the Stuffing:

  • Fresh Grated Coconut – 1/4 cup
  • Sugar – 4 tsp
  • Cardamom – 1


Method:
For the Stuffing:
Grind together coconut, sugar and cardamom without using any water. It will be thick and lumpy. Transfer to a bowl, crumble with your finger tips and keep aside.


For the Buns:
In a mixing bowl, place all purpose flour, salt, sugar. instant dry yeast, Palm oil and mix with your finger tips till it resembles bread crumbs.

Pour lukewarm milk over the flour and bring everything together with your hands. Do not knead very hard.
Transfer to a container greased with Palm oil and close with a damp towel or plastic sheet. Let it rest for 1-2 hours till the dough doubles in volume. In such a hot temperature it took just 1 hour.
Punch the dough and release the air. Press with your knuckles for 2-3 times. Divide the dough equally into 4 balls. Flatten them on your palm with your finger tips.
Place the coconut stuffing in the middle and bring the edges from around to the top and seal by pressing lightly. Make a soft ball again and place on a greased tray with the pinched side down.
Let it rest for another 20 mins. It will rise once again but only a little.

For Brushing the top:
Mix together 2 tsp of milk and 1 tsp of Palm oil together and brush all over the surface and sprinkle little coconut stuffing on top.
Preheat the oven @ 200 Degrees C and shove the tray into the hot oven. Bake for 15-20 mins or till the top is nicely browned.

Here is how the rolls looked fresh out of the oven and my home was smelling so divine of coconut and let’s me not forget to mention that it tasted absolutely divine as well.
Notes:
  • If using Active dry yeast, always check if it is active.

  • If you want to store the rolls for another day or two, replace fresh coconut with desiccated coconut.

  • The next time I’m going to replace Palm oil with coconut oil and add a few nuts and tutti frutti to the filling.

  • Make sure that the milk you use for kneading is in correct temperature or lukewarm. It should neither be hot not cold, else it will kill the yeast and the dough will not rise.
  • If using Active Dry yeast, use the same quantity but you have to proof the yeast before using.

  • You can also use an egg wash on top to have a more browned top.

  • Oven Timings may vary accordingly.

Blog Hop

This is off to Blog Hop Wednesdays and I’m sure you will like to check what the Blog Hoppers have rustled up for this Wednesday.

This is also off to I Love Baking #4.

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  13. They look really good. Palm oil is supposedly very healthy, it is just that the appearance because of the low solidifying property gives it the appearance of ‘dalda’.

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  16. I have a recipe for a coconut buns but it is more of a dinner roll and is very subtle. However, these do look a lot more flavorful and would pass for sweet bread. I love the idea of filling them-yum! They look fabulous-I am convinced and have saved the recipe, delicious post!

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  23. You have been posting Yeast bread recipes for quite long time now Radhika.. Seems you have done your hands perfect on these.. These buns are amazing.. I love the coconut shell you have used as a prop..

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  28. It looks perfectly baked ! I think I’m in coconut bread heaven ! Yum ! 😀 Will definitely check that palm oil in our local market here 🙂

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  37. This looks delicious!
    I was trying to make the other recipe that I bookmarked of yours, but I couldn’t find palm oil anywhere! Just SO many different kinds of olive oil. I will keep looking though. If not, could I substitute olive oil?

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  39. The buns look yum Radhika…I mostly use oil in place of butter, | like the consistency oil brings to the baking rather than butter and I feel oil makes stuff way more moist…but it may be just me 🙂

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