Life is just sweeter with sweets, don’t you think? When the pressure is on, sweets are what I crave… 🙂 This time around the recipe is for the mouth-watering Coconut Rolls, or Pão Doce com Coco as we say in Portuguese.
I still remember as a child going to the padaria (bakery) to buy different types of breads, including pão doce — an absolutely favorite of mine. Forget the candies… What I wanted was pão doce!!! 🙂 I loved getting there in the afternoon, just when one of the batches was leaving the oven, warm and aromatic as only the most wonderful treats can be…. Fortunately this time, I won’t have to close my eyes to remember the marvelous aroma of this favorite treat of mine, pão doce. I can experience it in my own kitchen. I am just as excited now as when I was a child!!! — which was a long time ago. 🙂
I do hope you also experience Pão Doce (Coconut Rolls) at your table. The only regret that you can have is making only one batch – or maybe eating t0o many rolls, if you are worried about keeping your slim figure. I am telling you: just like my White Chocolate-Cherry Pie Bars, one is never enough!!!!!!!!!!! This can be a problem. 😉
Enjoy!!!
Coconut Rolls
(Pão Doce com Coco)
Yield: 8-10 buns
Segment: Brazilian cuisine
Ingredients:
Dough:
2 envelopes (or about 15 g total) active dry yeast
8 tablespoons white granulated sugar**
1/2 cup (120 ml) plus 1 teaspoon (5 ml) warm whole milk**
1 large egg, at room temperature
5-1 / 2 cups plus 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour**
1 cup plus 4 tablespoons (or 300 ml) coconut milk
100 g (or 3.5 ounces or 7 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
** 1 Tablespoon = 15 ml/ 1 cup = 240 ml/ 1 teaspoon = 5 ml (American measurements)
Filling:
100 g (3.5 ounces or about 1 cup) shredded coconut (it can be sweetened or unsweetend coconut according to your preference)
1/2 can (200g) sweetened condensed milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract*
1/8 – 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground nutmeg*
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
* These ingredients are my personal touch to the traditional recipe.
Topping:
200 ml (13.5 ounces) coconut milk
2/3 – 1 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened coconut according to your preference)
Note: These rolls are Brazilian-style — which means that they are more dense and less sweet than American cinnamon rolls. You are welcome to make them with sweetened coconut flakes as well as adding a drizzle of sweetened condensed milk to the topping.
Directions:
1. For the Dough: In a large bowl, mix the yeast with the sugar. Stir in the warm milk and let rest for 5 minutes. Stir in the egg, then the flour, coconut milk, and butter. Knead the dough and let rest in the bowl, covered with a warm, wet towel in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
2. For the Filling: Mix the coconut, condensed milk, vanilla, and nutmeg together. Roll out the dough on a floured surface, then brush most of the melted butter on top of the dough and spread the filling.
3. Roll up like a jelly roll and cut into slices of 5 cm (about 2 in).
4. Arrange into a greased rectangular baking pan or round cast iron skillet in a single layer, brush the remaining melted butter on top of the rolls, and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes (the rolls will continue to rise so it is better to place them a bit apart from each other).
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 ° C ( 392° F) for about 30 minutes (Cover loosely with a sheet of aluminum foil for the last 15 minute baking time).
6. For the Topping: Stir in the coconut milk , sugar, and shredded coconut together. Drizzle over the bread when still warm. Enjoy!!
Source: Recipe adapted from Pão Doce de Creme e Coco de MdeMulher Culinária.
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Oh my, with shredded coconut and coconut milk, these have to be quite sensational! And yes, I could not be trusted to eat just one, for sure!
Chris: I have already eaten quite a bit… They taste like the best time of my life: childhood!!! 🙂
That’s a gorgeous, luscious recipe!
We all love cinnamon rolls in our family but this touch of coconut on the rolls sounds so good..
Thanks, Daniela! It’s quite delicious! It reminds my childhood in Brazil.
ah, mais uma lembranca brasileira na minha telinha… Pao doce me lembra muito dos tempos de escola, mas nunca comi essa variacao com coco… deve ser maravilhosa!
Sally: É Uma delícia… Fazia é tempo que eu não colocava pão doce na minha boca e aí quando finalmente resolvi fazer, coloquei um dos meus ingredientes favoritos: coco. xx
Oh Mama Mia! these look too good to be true! And I do need sweets in my life. They help me stay sane!
LOL Thanks, Abbe! I hope you give it a try.
I see. Sweets also help me keep my sanity. 🙂
These look outstanding! I love cinnamon rolls for breakfast so I know I’ll love the coconut version. A cup of coffee sounds so good right about now with this. Delicious!
Thanks so much, Anne! I hope you try this coconut version accompanied by a good cup of coffee. It is the perfect treat to both starting the day or just to putting a smile on your face in the middle of the afternoon. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!!
Oh my goodness, what a phenomenal recipe! Reminiscent of the Cinnamon Rolls I grew up with, they are just divine with coconut sparkle!
Thanks, Deb! You grew up eating cinnamon rolls, and I, coconut rolls.
Your children are so lucky to get to eat these special cocnut rolls! YUM. I love coconut and I am catching up all the coconut intake that I missed growing up (it’s not so popular in Japan – I rarely see it). What a delicious looking rolls… I need a big cup of coffe with this. 🙂
Thanks, Nami! I think coffee would be the perfect accompaniment for these rolls.
these sound so sweet and yummy!
Thanks, Dina! They are…I hope you try this recipe. Wishing you a great evening!!!
Whoa, these look amazing! Why have I never made coconut rolls???? I better get on this mission quick!!!
I hope you try to make them one of these days, Liz! You won’t regret it.
YUMMY!! I love coconut and condensed milk! I also love any kind of rolls so these are perfect for me! BTW Denise, for some reason your posts are all going to my spam box and I even tagged them not spam and they are still going there. I wondered why you hadn’t posted anything so I checked and there is a new post from 2 days ago! Did someone tag you as spam? Have you checked your Google listing?
Nazneen
Nazneen:
I don’t know if someone has tagged my email as spam.
I know that you always comment my posts and there were several of them that has no comment from you so I imagined that you were not visiting me because you were busy moving, etc. I have no idea why your email is tagging my posts as spam. Strange! I’ll check my Google listing. Thank you for stopping by and letting me know. xx
lovely. Where can i get these cups plz?
Lama: I got these cups at Pier 1 Imports months ago. It is a set of four.
This is really nice! I guess this can be an easy favourite in a Filipino table, we share a lot of similar flavour notes. Got to try this some time 🙂
Oh Denise, you are so right! Life is definitely sweeter with sweets. Especially if they are as wonderful as your coconut rolls. What a lovely combination of ingredients and the pictures are mouthwatering
Thanks a lot, Sonali! I have always been a big fan of coconut…
I love this! So many of your recipes feel so very familiar to me even though they vary ever so slightly. I feel right at home here.
Thanks, Wizzy!!! It makes me happy to know that you feel at home here.
Oh Denise, que saudades deste pao recheado com coco, adorei o leite condensado…como gostaria de ter um destes…
Thanks for the recipe and have a lovely week my dear 😀
Thank you for always stopping by, Juliana!!!! Have a great week as well.
Coconut rolls sounds absolutely delicious! They would make not only a great dessert, but of course breakfast, too! Pinned!
Thanks a lot, Julia!!!!
You do know I have a sweet sweet spot for anything coconut, right? YUM!
I do, Kiran! Coconut makes everything better.
Eu adoro rosquinha de coco. I can’t wait to try it! 🙂
Eu acho que você iria gostar. Adorei o seu artigo sobre os protestos no Brasil. Muito bem escrito!
Para chuparse los dedos…!!!
Delicious, I like rolls so much…!!!
I love love love coconut and these rolls look fantastic. Drooling over my laptop screen 🙂
Thanks so much, Lail! I wish you were here to eat them.
I was making the recipe and it said 5- 1/2 cups plus….. Well, I read this as I would any recipe and put in 5 and 1/2 cups. After doing so it seems very clear that is should be 5, 1/2 cups (as in 2.5 cups). Please confirm this very confusing measurement
Hi, Heather! The dough asks for 5 and a half cups (5-1/2 or 5 and 1/2) plus 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour. You did right when you used 5 and 1/2 cups plus all the tablespoons and teaspoons asked in the recipe. I hope this helps!
Uau! Esses parecem divinos! Vou ter que fazer, amo pao de coco! Obrigada pela receita!
De nada, Ana Paula! Se você quiser, pode adicionar mais açúcar à cobertura de coco. É opcional! Um bom fim de semana pra você desfrutando do nosso pãozinho de coco.