Divine Dines: Soft and Chewy Coconut Bread

So I spent the day cooking the other day, and boy was it worth it. Not only is everything delicious, but now I have some things to share! So follow along with me as we delve into some Divine Dines!

First up is a beautiful vegan bread, from Averie Cooks. Only eight ingredients and it makes a nice sized loaf in about four hours.

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup old-fashioned whole rolled oats (not quick cook or instant)
1/4 cup water
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
2 1/4 teaspoons instant dry yeast
pinch salt, optional and to taste

The directions, as I followed them, are as follows:

1. Start by microwaving the coconut milk for 2 minutes to boil it, then add it to the oatmeal in a medium bowl. Add in the 1/4 cup of tap water (room temperature or colder). 
2. Wait for that to cool to be touchable, then add half the flour, salt and oil and stir into a soupy sort of mess. Now it should be cool yet warm enough for the yeast, so add that in along with the sugar and stir. 
3. When that is incorporated,  add the rest of the flour. It will now become too thick to stir, so start kneading with your hands.
4. It will be very super extra sticky and moist. This is good! Don't add any more flour.
5. Preheat the oven to 400F for about a minute and a half, then turn it off.
6. Grease a large bowl, and then put your sticky mass in there, then cover the bowl in saran wrap. Put the bowl into the warm oven to rise.
7. About an hour and a half later (or when the dough has doubled) pull it out and unwrap it.
8. Spray down an 8x4" loaf pan with cooking spray
9. Punch the dough down to it's original size, then knead it for about three minutes on a floured surface.
10. Flatten it into a rough rectangle about 8x6"
11. Rub brown sugar onto the exposed side (this is optional, and you could add anything you like here)
12. Roll from the long end to form a log, then lay that log seam side down into the great pan.
13. Cover with saran wrap (very loosely!) again and let sit to double again.
14. Finally preheat the oven to 350F. Remove the saran wrap and bake the loaf for 30 minutes, or until it is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.

Apparently you then let it cool completely before cutting it, but I certainly didn't. We left it for about a half hour, but no longer. And boy, was it delicious!

We ate it plain and with butter, and the sweet yeasty flavour was to die for! I certainly cannot recommend this higher!