Here’s some easy breakfast or snack rolls to make that can get super addictive. 17-33: Coconut Coffee Rolls don’t necessarily need to be consumed with coffee if that’s not your bag, but they do pair nicely for a morning pick-me-up. 🌴☕️
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I’ve made coconut rolls before, but they were somewhat different (17-67: Coconut Crescents) and I used those as part of my 2015 holiday gifts. Most of these rolls didn’t even make it out of the house–usually I try to distribute the majority of the baked good products of this project to my friends and family to avoid eating all of it ourselves.
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I tried offloading some of these onto my mom, but she’s never liked coconut. I had an unfortunate incident once with coconut (too much rum at a illicit freshman year college dorm room party), but I’ve persevered, because there’s still a lot of good coconut things out there, like these rolls. I still get flashbacks though, on those rare occasions when I catch a whiff reminiscent of the ol’ Captain.
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Ingredients. I realize lactose-free milk and a ton of butter are somewhat counter-productive, but it’s what I’ve got.
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Dissolving the yeast in the briefly-warmed-in-the-microwave milk. Obviously I didn’t warm it in a metal bowl–a glass 2-cup measuring cup works just fine though.
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Added the milk & melted butter, which was also melted via microwave in that same glass 2-cup measuring cup. I’m all about reusing where possible–less dishes.
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About halfway there on the flour–it takes a while to get it to the right consistency.
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After temporarily setting it free from its bowl prison. You’re going right back in there, dough–don’t get any crazy ideas.
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While the dough monster grows in size, I work on the coconut filling. A fork works relatively well, but a whisk or small mixer would work just as well if not better.
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IT’S COMING FOR ALL OF US.
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After cutting the monster down. A bench scraper works well for chopping up dough, it’s what we used when we cut pieces of dough to shape into buns at the restaurant. THAT was a dough monster–this is nothing in comparison.
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Stuffed with coconutty goodness and ready to rise & shine. 🌄
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After baking. Come on, those look delicious, don’t they?
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I (no joke) ate like 6 of these the night I made them. I paid for it the next morning (crazy headache), but I think next time I’d still eat like 3. Maybe 4.
Grade: A