Favorite Recipe: Coconut Bread

My daughter-in-law Amanda's Coconut Bread

Makes 2 loaves

Beat together:

4 eggs

2 Cups sugar

1 Cups vegetable oil

2 teaspoons coconut flavoring

Sift together:

3 Cups flour

1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Add alternately to mixture with 1 C. buttermilk. Fold in 1 C. nuts and 1 C. coconut.

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/4 hours.

Topping:

1 C. sugar, 1/2 C. water, 2 Tbs. butter.
Boil to dissolve sugar and add 1 tsp. coconut flavoring.
Pour over top of loaves and leave in pans until cool.

You can wrap leftover loaves in clear plastic wrap and foil and keep in freezer.

Thaw in refrigerator when ready to serve frozen loaves.