Fragrant and aromatic, this Pandan Loaf is flavourful yet simple in its own ways. Make sure to use a good quality Pandan extract to boost its flavours! Adding on, take note that this is a Breadmaker recipe, but with a hand kneaded version of the recipe available!
My Pandan Loaf is a continuation of a three-recipes series that I would like to make for simple yet delicious Breadmaker recipes! This is the second recipe, with the first being that of a Hokkaido Milk Loaf, Breadmaker version. Do feel free to give any recipes you would like to see for the third Breadmaker recipe. Currently, I am thinking of a Chocolate Chip Loaf!
You will definitely take a liking to how flavourful this Pandan Loaf is with its simplicity and fragrance. Furthermore, the fluffiness of the bread is a huge plus point too. However, do be careful that depending on how much power and duration the Bread Maker takes, the crust might be slightly overcooked. Because of this, I suggest shortening the cooking time for approximately 3-5 minutes. As a result, I noticed it to be less darkened and less overcooked!
Surprisingly, the bread slices do taste better over the days. When I first tasted the Pandan Loaf, the flavour tasted more muted and mild. However, leaving it there for a couple of days made it even better to enjoy. The Pandan and Coconut flavours became more prominent and the bread more tender. If you do make this, try leaving a slice for a couple of days and to try it out. You might just agree with me!
Before proceeding to the recipe, Pandan extract might be a question that is posed if you are planning to blend the leaves itself. From the blended leaves that will make Pandan juice, it is still possible to make the extract. After the blending, simply let the solution stay overnight and then utilize the dark green layer as the Pandan extract. However, do reduce the amount of milk slightly if you are adding more Pandan juice or extract!
Pandan Loaf Bread Maker Recipe
by Javier Tan September-08-2019
With the fragrance of pandan and coconut milk, this Pandan Loaf (Breadmaker Recipe) is simple on its own. Its flavours can be boosted through the use of spreads such as Coconut Jam (Kaya!)
Click here for the hand kneaded / hand mixer version of the recipe!
I am using a bread maker of at least 700g capacity for this recipe. It does rise a bit!
Ingredients
For Bread:
- 2 and 3/4 Cups or 330g Bread Flour
- 2 Teaspoons or 10g Dried Milk Powder
- 1/4 Cup or 50g Granulated White Sugar
- 1 Large Egg, Room Temperature, 55g each
- 3/4 Teaspoon or 4g Table Salt
- 1 Tablespoon or 7g Instant Dry Yeast
- 1/4 Cup or 60g Unsalted Butter, Melted
- 1/3 Cup + 2 Teaspoons or 90g Milk
- 1/4 Cup or 60g of Coconut Milk
- 2 Teasoons or 10ml of Pandan Extract (with Colouring if needed)
- Place the ingredients in the sequence as specified by your Bread Maker’s instruction manual. For a reference, I added everything at the bottom before adding flour and then yeast!
- Bake as per the bread maker specify. However, different bread maker have different functions. For mine, I used a Soft Bread or French Bread Function.
- Then, add any toppings you would like. I added mine at a “feeding point” stage which is an hour later.
- Finally, serve and enjoy once you are done! This bread does brown quite a bit, sometimes I remove it approximately 5 minutes before the stated timing if I notice that it becomes too brown.
- Prep time:
- Cook time:
- Total time:
- Yield: A delicious milk loaf!
Notes:
- If you would like to be updated for more recipes which I strive to create to perfection for sharing and for free, do check out my Instagram, Facebook Page, or YouTube 🙂 Thank you so much for all of your support! Feel free to tag me or link back here!
- Store at room temperature for up to 5 days. Optimally, eat it within 4 days!
- As this guide is quite general depending on which Bread Maker you are using, feel free to consult me if you have any questions!
Enjoy!
– Bakeomaniac, Javier Tan
Thanks you! I just baked it, very soft bread 😍
I am glad to contribute :p I am so happy to hear that you like the bread, and you are so fast to catch onto the recipe!
If you got any feedback or improvements can let me know too, I am more than happy to experiment in my kitchen :p
Hi! I’m giving this bread a try. Was wondering if you shape the bread before it starts baking for it to have such a nice shape
Hey Peanut! Thank you for leaving a comment! It is actually just the shape of my bread maker but I did cut off the very top to sample (hence not shown here)! I do think the top might look slightly though!
You can definitely feel free to shape it too if you would like! 🙂 Hope my answer helped and sorry for the late reply!!
What brand of coconut milk did you use?
Can I omit the milk powder?
Hey Hedy! I used the cheapest coconut milk I could found. There’s quite a variety you can use such as from UFC or Ayam.
Its okay to omit the milk powder. It will be a nice touch but it isnt compulsory!
Hi Javier
Your bread really yummy. May I know what brand is your bread machine? Tq
Hey Janet! Thank you for the kind praise and dropping by for a comment! Currently I am using a Mayer bread machine but I have heard success from other bread machine brands in using these recipes too, such as Panasonic!
Hi. Thank u so much for this recipe. I made a loaf last night and it was a hit with my family 😋 Do u have a recipe for breadmaker banaba yeast bread?
Hey Hwee Ling! I am so happy to hear that you made it successfully and most importantly, your family like it! Currently I haven’t tried making banana yeast breads yet because I always find it tricky that the banana gets “dissolved” into the bread and loses its flavour. I hope to figure something out, however!
Hi Javier, if I use pandan paste liquid, by how much do I reduce the amount as it is more concentrated than pandan extract? Thanks in advance
Hey Jean, feel free to even use twice the amount of pandan extract. Some people reported to me that their pandan paste liquid (freshly blended, left overnight and using the bottom layer) didn’t have as strong flavours as the artificial ones!
However, if you are using the artificial ones, same amount should do 😀
Thank you Javier! It turned out very good! We almost finished them all. ：）Thanks for your effort and wish to see more bread maker recipes in the future.
I am so so glad to hear that and I am really happy that your family like it!! Thank you for dropping by too and yes I shall look into the creation of more bread maker recipes. Do feel free to drop any recommendations too 😀
Hi Javier!
Can I omit / replace milk powder with something else?
Thank you!
Hey Nancy, you could omit it. The difference in flavour is subtle. Hope that helps 🙂
Hi, would this be possible to do on a dough cycle and bake in the oven? I have Oster. Thank you
Hey Tina! Thank you for dropping by my blog 🙂 Yup it is possible to do that!
Hi Javier, the pandan bread looks appetising. I don’t own a bread maker but I do have kenwood titanium mixer. Do you have any method/instructions using mixer? Thank you.
Hey Shang! Thank you for dropping by my blog and for the kind praise!
You can try this bread recipe which I made using a stand mixer: https://bakeomaniac.com/pandan-coconut-bread-recipe/
Hope that helps 🙂
Javier, my bread maker is black and Decker and it is quite old. I don’t have the setting mentioned in your recipe. It has basic bread, sweet bread, rapid bake and whole grain. I set it under sweet bread (4.5 HR) and I smelled burning. When I took it out, it was still dough like though not wet. I stuck it in the 350F oven. Any suggestions for the next try?
Hey Mimi! Thank you for dropping by and trying mt recipe! That was a good save for the bread, thanks to your quick thinking!
Regarding the burning, are there any timers you have that are made for 3 hours? If possible, get the function closes to 3.5 hours.
Also, is your bread maker capacity the same (the recipe is 750g)? I feel that 4.5 hours is a little too long for a 750g loaf though I am not too sure if it is because its an older model. Hope to hear from you soon again so that we can work out a solution 🙂
Hi, I tried this with a pandan mixture extracted from real pandan leaves. the bread is not as green, is it due to you using Pandan extract that already has a green colour dye?
how do you customize bread recipe to bread maker recipe? is it thru trial and error or you have a certain method of customizing the recipe?
Hey HL! THank you for trying another recipe of mine! Regarding the “not as green part”, I would recommend letting the pandan mixture rest overnight and collecting the very concentrated layer at the bottom. It contains a lot of pigment and flavour! I have worked with both this concentrated layer (sometimes I use 2 times if I suspect it to be slightly diluted) and pandan extract green, they both seem to yield the same greenness to me!
For customizing bread recipe to bread maker recipe, it depends on the loaf size that we are looking at in the breadmaker. However, most recipes should be able to be easily translated, though I would tend to avoid ingredients that get burned easily in the breadmaker!
Wonderful recipe!! I follow the ingredients, use BM to knead the dough till WP and shape it for oven bake. Its soft and fluffy. Definitely a keeper!
Hey Gw! Thank you so much for taking the initiative to leave a comment and a review of the recipe! I am so happy to hear that it worked out for you and I hope that you will have more yummy breads to come 😀
Hi, I would love to try this.
Can I know if I don’t want to use pandan extract, how should I go about it using pandan leaves?
Also, is it possible to use honey or Gula Melaka as substitute for white sugar?
But then the pandan bread won’t be so green in colour right?
Thanks in advance.
Hey Christine! Thank you for dropping by!
It is possible to use blended pandan leaves. Blend it and then let it sit overnight and use the concentrated layer at the bottom, and use double the amount as per for the amount for the extract. It is possible to substitute using either but Gula Melaka should work better as honey might burn in the long duration of high heat for the breadmaker 🙂
Also, yes you are right! Blended pandan extract is more natural and tend to be less green 🙂 Hope that helps!
Hi Javier, thanks for sharing! I’m looking forward to making this after seeing the raving reviews!
But first, may I know which setting of the Mayer breadmaker should I use? Soft bread (C-01) is 2 hours plus, French bread (C-03) is 3h plus (Why are they so different?)
Hey Jocelyn! I am so glad you come across my recipe and I hope you will like it as much as the others do 😀
I use a Mayer breadmaker too but I am not too sure what eacah function is for. However, after experimentation, C3 French Bread function works the best at least for my line of recipes because I usually like to proof my bread quite long and let it just slowly rise. I find the soft bread function not as soft as the french bread function surprisingly!
Yes I agree C-03 French bread turned out better because of the extra proofing time. So glad I learnt about this setting through your blog! I used this setting for the first time with your hokkaido milk bread. With 7g yeast, it rose quite a lot and touched the cover so I had to deflate it before baking. 2nd time I used 5g yeast and it was better. Both yummy! At this current moment, the breadmaker is doing it’s thing with the pandan loaf. Can’t wait to try it when it’s done 🙂
Am hoping that the pandan loaf comes out as much as you like, if not even more! both 5 and 7g worked well but it does differ from brand to brand! I am glad that you managed to troubleshoot too! Am glad you found my recipes and like it 😀
Hi Javier, i would like to try this recipe but my zojirushi bread machine capacity is 1lb, should I just proportion accordingly by the ratio? Thank you
Hey May, that is right 🙂 Use approximately just half or 2/3 of all the ingredients stated here and it should work fine! I have adviced for 2/3 but because my bread recipes do rise a lot so some people did say that even half portion worked for them! Hope that helps 🙂
hi, i baked this in my mini zo, using 2/3 of your recipe ingredients, turned out great. The loaf was tasty n fluffy, my family enjoyed it.
Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Am so glad that this recipe worked out for you too Lorraine 😀 Thank you for the trust in my recipe and most importantly, am super happy that your family like it 😀 Thank you for your kind appreciation too!
Hi Javier, I tried this today, it was soft and nice, it’s just that it did not turned out the way I expected. The following could have lead to the outcome:
– I used 1 cup of plain flour (instead of bread flour) [Half way through, I didn’t have enough bread flour. What is the substitute for plain flour?
– I used 3 tsp pandan flavour instead of pandan extract. I shall try using pandan extract in my next attempt.
– Omitted milk powder.
Any advise would be much appreciates.
Hey Ai Wyn! Thank you for dropping by my blog and for trying out my recipe 😀 Let me see how I can help, and I believe the points you have brought up is the cause of it!
1) Regarding the plain flour instead of bread flour, usually I would recommend using bread flour all the way. This is because the bread flour gives the bread a structure due to its higher protein content but plain flour does not have the same effect.
2) The pandan flavour instead of extract shouldn’t be a problem but extract does give off a more aromatic flavour usually!
3) Omitting milk powder should be fine as its optional 🙂
Hope that helps! Feel free to comment again for any questions!
Is it 1 tablespoon of yeast or 1 teaspoon?
Hey Amy!
People have raised that concern to me before as they found that 1 tablespoon is too much. It is 2 teaspoons and a little more to be precise, but 2 teaspoons is a safer measurement. Will update it and thank you for pointing it out!
Just to clarify, is the coconut milk the kind they sell in milk carton or the thicker one in the can…sorry for the silly question but I just wanted to make sure. Thank you!
Hey Karen, not a silly question at all! Both can be used in this recipe but be careful to differentiate between coconut milk, and coconut cream! Coconut cream tends to be very thick and unsuitable for this recipe but coconut milk be it in carton or can both can be used 😀
Its a good question! Hope that helps and feel free to ask anything 🙂
Hi Javier,
I made this bread yesterday using Mayer breadmaker and it’s a success! it’s very fragrant and fluffy.
I used 2/3 of the ingredients, omitted the milk power and used the French bread setting.
I have question, does longer proofing make the bread fluffier?
The previous bread I made were using sweet bread/soft bread setting and it did not turned out as fluffy as this pandan bread. Hopefully, the pandan bread is still fluffy on the 3rd day.
Hey Yili! Nice to see you here and thank you for dropping by 😀
Am so glad to hear that the recipe worked out for you and that you like it! It is possible to just use 2/3 or 3/4 of the breadmaker due to the proofing stage!
In my opinion, I feel longer proofing make the bread fluffier. I feel that if its proofed for too short of a duration, there isn’t much air produced by the yeast and as such, the finished product tend to be denser! I hope this bread lives up to the third day for you as it did for me :p!
Thanks for the recipe, Javier! Not sure why mine didn’t turn out soft & fluffy but it was still yummy. Mine was dense and a little dry. Can I add caramel to it? Wanted to try making pandan caramel bread like the Gardenia ones.
Hey Petrina! Thank you for dropping by my blog and I am glad you like the recipe 😀
For denseness / a little dry / not fluffy, it is likely to relate back to the same reason! I suspect your breadmaker (Even if it might be the same brand as I use) do not knead as long as mine does. Because of which, it ends up being dense and not fluffy, and the cooking might also have result in it being a little dry! Hopefully you can get to the bottom of it!
It might be possible to add caramel in terms of caramel bits / chips. However, be careful that they might melt due to the high and long temperature of the breadmaker! Alternatively, I will suggest glazing it over 🙂
Hope that helps and feel free to ask if anything pops up!
Hi Javier, there is coconut milk, can it keep well in our hot weather? or need to put inside fridge?
Hey Minnie, usually I leave it inside the fridge and it keeps quite well for up to between 2 weeks and a month :)!
Thank you for the recipe. I tried it with great success.
Instead of pandan extract and colouring, I blended 8 pandan leaves with coconut milk, then finely sieve the mixture (use tea bag filter to really squeeze out the coloured and flavoured milk)
Hi. I’ve tried out ur recipe and its really fluffy. However i do wonder the yeast used is quite a lot. I adjusted to only 1½ tsp of instant dry yeast, use soft bread mode. (i use Mugen breadmaker). My bread rise to the top of the breadmaker cover. Should i reduce the amt of yeast to only 1tsp? Or is it because i chose 1000g mode? (i misses out the part that ur recipe is for 750g load)
Hey Dalisha, thanks for dropping by my blog and I am glad to hear that it came out fluffy! I would suggest adjusting the yeast amount, such as 5g or 7g. I believe the yeast amount can be adjusted accordingly and it does depend on the variety / strain of the yeast too.
As such, I think what you propose is good, to reduce the amount of yeast accordingly 🙂 Even though you chose 1000g, I doubt it affects that much
Hi Javier
I tried making this loaf twice in a Panasonic SD2501 bread maker. Once on rapid bake 1hr 55mins and another time on 4 hrs,
Both times the loaves were small and dense.
Not sure what I need to change..
Any suggestions would be great, thanks.
Hey Christine! Thanks for dropping by and checking out the recipe, and trying it out! I am assuming the proportion of the ingredients are followed to the T and no modifications were made and no toppings such as cranberries were used (but if any modifications were made let me know).
The 1h 55 mins function should work well. I suspect the yeast might be dead and not working, or the way the ingredients were added might have killed the yeast. If you happen to have images of the loaf cross-section, do send it to me via social media (Facebook or Instagram) as well for me to take a closer look. The biggest culprit now I would suspect is the yeast and to test with an everyday recipe you use if it still works.
If it works, it could be that some of the ingredients might have killed the yeast. For example, if salt was placed beside the yeast, or any of the ingredients are still hot. So usually I place the yeast in a well within the flour used to prevent that.
Hope that helps and hopefully we can get to the bottom of this!
Hi Javier,
The yeast should be fine. I made a panettone last week and it rose to 16cm tall. Light and fluffy. But I used cubed butter from fridge, not melted.. the pandan loaf rose to 12cm and the width shrunk. Gummy but tasty. I’d like it to turn out to how everyone is describing it to be 😊
Will send the pic in Facebook
Thanks
Has anyone started it in the breadmaker and finished it in the oven? Idid all the kneading and rising in the machine, put it in a loaf pan for one more rise, baked it at 350 for 30 minutes, which is what I do for regular white bread, and it was still raw in the middle. It obviously needs to bake longer just wondered if anyone had any first-hand advice. What baked tasted delicious.
Hey Leigh Ann! Thanks for giving the recipe a try and that sounds delish! I am leaving the comment here for anyone to chip in if you’ve tried!
I might try it again someday when I am free. I think it might depend on the size of the loaf but it is strange that it’s still raw in the middle at 30 minutes. Usually my loaves take 19 – 23 minutes.
Hi Javier I’m thinking of getting a bread maker. May I know which one are u using for your brradmaker recipes? Thanks
Hey Irene! I am currently using a Mayer Breadmaker Machine. Ultimately when it comes to appliances, my advice is always to pick something that fits your budget, kitchen space and most importantly, what you’re baking.
However, my experience with the Mayer’s machine has been great! Just that recently it broke down and I am trying to find a replacement but thinking very carefully whether should I stick to the same brand, or a new one!
Hi Javier!
I tried this recipe and my family loved it! I made a few tweaks. I used 20g white sugar and added 100g shredded gula melaka at the beeping point. I thought it would remain as bits but it melted into the whole dough haha. I was shocked. It was a little wet at first and I got scared so I added 2 more tablespoon of flour. I also sprinkled the desiccated coconut after the second rise. I used light crust. I used my own pandan extract for the smell and colour but the shredded gula melaka brown colour completely took over the green. Haha.
The end product smelled so good! I will be baking this again!
Oh a friend passed me her Breville breadmaker recently. I am very new to bread machine. I used your recipe for most of my breads loaves so far, about 4 of them. I thought because we live in the same Tropical Singapore and so the ingredients would react in similar ways eg same humidity etc etc if it matters in bread making.
I hope you will continue creating for bread machine recipes (if you ever going to buy another machine) for lazy people like me who just like to dump everything in the pan.
Hey Wei Yeo, I am so so happy to hear that and the shredded gula melaka and dessicated coconut combination sounds so good. Good catch to add more flour when it has melted!
I hope to get a new machine someday soon too, been procrastinating on it quite a bit but my budget should be more comfortable once I start work. And I believe when I start work, I would need my bread machine to be back on board to make quick breakfasts for the week! Looking forward to sharing more and thanks for dropping by :-)!!