Trinidad Bread Recipes: 12 Amazing Recipes to Try!
Trinidad food is incredible, but there’s nothing quite like the smell of fresh bread, straight out of the oven. It brings me back to childhood, waiting for hot hops with a slice of cheese. I hope these Trinidad bread recipes can give you some nostalgia too.
Or, at the very least, save you from buying bread for a couple of days. Hopefully, it lasts! Hot hops always go quickly in my household.
Anyway, here are some of my favorite Trinidad bread recipes to bake at home. This list is a mix of savory loaves, rolls and sweet breads. There’s definitely something here you can make today.
Savory Trinidad bread recipes
1. Trinidad hops bread
Ah, the classic! My Trinidad hops bread recipe gives you soft, fluffy dinner rolls with a slight crispy top every single time. These are heavenly, hot out the oven with butter, cheese, ham, jam or just about anything else.
You only need simple ingredients and a couple hours of proofing time to make these hops and they’re totally worth it.
2. Pimento rolls
For a twist, try adding some grated pimento peppers to your hops dough. Follow along Trini Cooking with Natasha’s recipe for pimento hops bread and enjoy the mild spicy kick of the light, airy rolls.
3. Trini white bread
This soft Trini white bread is perfect for making fun sandwiches and even French toast. You don’t need much to create a delightful meal with the loaf slices.
4. Butter bread
Besides white loaf bread, butter bread is incredibly popular and a classic. It’s a soft, buttery loaf that can be sliced and used for some extra delicious sandwiches with cheese paste, deli meats, veggies, and more.
5. Coconut bake
Oh, coconut bake is a staple in my home! It’s simply the best, always soft and has a beautiful, pleasant taste from the coconut and nutmeg. The kitchen really smells amazing when I’m baking a fresh batch.
Of course, you can serve it with saltfish buljol, smoked herring, cheese, eggs, or stir fried veggies.
6. Roast bake
Coconut bake isn’t the only popular Trini bake. There’s roast bake too. In fact, Shaun from Foodie Nation has some fun in the kitchen, demonstrating roast bake made 3 ways – with carrot, pumpkin and coconut. They all look incredible.
7. Whole wheat bread
Okay, my whole wheat recipe isn’t the traditional Trinidad whole wheat bread recipe. But, it’s still a simple, healthy bread that you have to try, especially if you are into seed cycling and interested in packing in more nutrition.
My whole wheat bread has an assortment of walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower, sesame and even poppy seeds. It’s one of my hubby’s favorites. And, you can bake it from a cold oven so there’s no preheating necessary.
8. Breadfruit bread
If you have no idea what to do with overripe breadfruit, consider turning it into bread! This breadfruit bread video from Eatahfood explains exactly what you need to do to create a beautiful loaf with all the goodness of breadfruit.
Oh, and if you want to learn more about breadfruit, I have a bunch of breadfruit recipes and ideas here.
Sweet Trinidad bread recipes
9. Coconut sweet bread
While coconut sweet bread is a Caribbean Christmas classic, you can enjoy it any time of the year. My eggless coconut sweet bread recipe is actually my mother-in-law’s. She makes it with grated coconut, candied peel, and warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. It’s so good!
Tip: chill it before slicing so it doesn’t fall apart. It’s more crumbly when fresh but holds together beautifully after a day or two.
10. Sorrel sweet bread
For a unique twist on sweet bread, how about adding some sorrel to it? Trini Cooking with Natasha walks you through the recipe to create the beautiful, red-tinged loaf.
It’s a pretty Christmas bread to try.
11. Banana bread
This banana bread recipe is pretty much foolproof! It’s the perfect way to use up your extra ripe bananas and makes a delightful dessert you can enjoy everyday!
Double and triple the recipe, freeze the extras and give them as gifts too! The recipe is that good!
12. Eggless banana bread
No eggs? No problem! This eggless banana bread is just as soft, fluffy and moist as the classic recipe above. It’s great when you’re fasting or just out of eggs.
Those are my favorite Trinidad bread recipes. Do you have other faves I should add? Drop a link in the comments, I’d love to explore more.
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