Hawaiian Bubble Bread


This recipe came from cooking light’s 20th anniversary issue, and was voted by staff as the best yeast bread in the magazine in its 20 year history. “this irresistible sweet yeast bread is a staff favorite. dough is shaped into balls – ‘bubbles’ – and layered into a tube pan.” because it’s a yeast bread this recipe takes a bit of time, but it’s well worth it! prep time includes time allowed for dough rising.

Steps


In 1 cup of warm water , dissolve the sugar and yeast and let stand for 5 minutes.
In a blender , combine the banana , 1 / 2 cup of the pineapple-orange-banana juice concentrate , honey , and butter , and blend until smooth.
Set aside.
Get dry measuring cups and lightly spoon 2 cups bread flour into them , then level with a knife.
In a large bowl , stir together the measured flour and the salt , then add the yeast mixture and the blended banana mixture and stir well to combine.
Measure out another level 2 1 / 4 cups bread flour into the measuring cups and stir it into the mixture to form a soft dough.
Lightly flour a counter or board and turn out the dough onto it.
Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic , about 8 minutes.
Add , 1 tablespoon at a time , enough of the remaining flour to keep the dough from sticking to your hands while kneading.
Coat a large bowl with cooking spray and place the kneaded dough in it , turning the dough to coat the top with the spray.
Cover.

Ingredients


sugar, fast rising yeast, warm water, banana, pineapple-orange-banana juice, honey, butter, bread flour, salt, cooking spray, coconut cream, powdered sugar