Best Bahamas Bread Recipes

BAHAMAS: JOHNNY CAKE (CORN BREAD)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F.
• 2. Mix all dry ingredients together. Add egg, milk and oil to dry mixture and blend well.
• 3. Pour into 8 inch square pan. Bake 30-35 minutes until slightly brown on top.
• 4. Serve hot or cold with butter, honey or preserves.

BAHAMAS - COCONUT BIMINI BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In the mixing bowl of bread machine add all ingredients in order given. Set on dough cycle (just mixing and rising). The dough cycle usually lasts about 1 1/2 hours.
• 2. Or... alternatively, add all ingredients to a large bowl and knead together until a smooth dough forms. Add extra flour if necessary. Cover and let rise in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours.
• 3. When dough cycle is complete, or dough is approximately doubled in size, remove dough and place in oiled baking pans. You can use a Pullman pan or two bread pans.
• 4. Let dough rise in baking pans for 30 minutes.
• 5. Preheat oven to 350F.
• 6. Slash the top with a sharp knife and then bake for 35 minutes or until browned on top and cooked through.

BAHAMAS BREAD

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together and knead for thirty to forty seconds.
• Let rise (about forty minutes) and knock down and knead for thirty seconds.
• Repeat.
• (Or let the bread machine do all the kneading and timing for you and go beach combing until it's time to cook the dough!) Allow final rise in a bread pan, about forty minutes, and preheat oven to 425 f.
• Place in oven and decrease temperature to 350 f.
• Bake for thirty minutes.