Panipopo

Panipopo is a Polynesian dessert that consists of lovely, soft bread dough covered with a sweetened coconut sauce and baked.  The sauce soaks into the outside of the bread giving it a soft, sticky, coconut exterior.  It's so good! My description is not doing it justice.  I make it every time I make Chicken Curry Buns because it's a great way to use up leftover bread dough and coconut milk and because it is delicious.



I'm going to include measurements here, but really, you can estimate it.  I generally add whatever dough I have leftover to a cake pan, add some sugar to some coconut milk, pour it over the top of the rolls and bake.  It always turns out delicious.

I've never actually tired freezing this.  It might freeze okay.  I'm not sure what freezing would do to the texture of where the bread has soaked up the sauce.  In general I don't freeze desserts.  We make them, enjoy them and then we're done.

Difficulty: Easy
Adapted From: Favorite Family Recipes

Serves: 12

12 - 1.9 oz balls of dough leftover from Chicken Curry Buns
5 oz coconut milk (or more if you'd like them extra saucy)
1/2 cup sugar

1. Grease a 9x13 inch cake pan.  Place the dough balls evenly spaced in the pan.  There should be space between them.  Cover and set the dough aside for 30 minutes.  Preheat the oven to 350°.
2. Combine the sugar and coconut milk.  Pour 3/4 of the sauce over the risen dough.  Bake 20-30 minutes until they are golden brown.  Remove from the oven and pour the remaining sauce over the rolls and serve.