How To Make Guyanese Coconut Buns Step By Step/ Cooking With Afton🇬🇾

shredded coconut

🥗Healthier: unsweetened coconut flakes

💰Cheaper: dried coconut

Unsweetened coconut reduces sugar content while maintaining flavor.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds flavor and is dairy-free.

Mix together baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl.

Add butter and mix with hands until it resembles pastry dough.

Stir in freshly grated coconut until well combined.

Add 1 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of brown sugar, adjusting sweetness to preference.

Mix in whole milk, evaporated milk, vanilla essence, and almond essence.

Incorporate one egg into the mixture.

Add raisins to the dough and mix until the right consistency is reached.

Preheat the oven and prepare two pans for baking.

Scoop dough onto the pans, shaping them as desired.

Place a cherry on top of each bun before baking.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

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