Bread Machine Coconut-Filled Sweet Rolls Recipe (So Good)
Bread machine baking is about the easiest baking there is. Your bread machine makes bread loaves, but it can do far more than that — if you want to get your hands dirty. Let your bread machine do the mixing and kneading, and take care of the first rise. You’ll only roll the dough, shape it, let it rise, and then bake the rolls in your oven.
The best bread machine recipes ever allow for more than a simple loaf. Use your bread machine and the recipes in this bread-themed cookbook to make the dough for breadsticks and rolls, pretzels and pizza. These coconut rolls are a family favorite, which says a lot since coconut is one of those polarizing ingredients.
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Bread Machine Coconut Rolls
Once the weather turns, my GreenPan Frost Ice Cream Maker leaves my countertop, and my bread machine takes its place. I am a firm believer in keeping appliances handy that you use frequently. I long ago learned that I use my bread machine far more when I don’t have it shoved into a cabinet, and I don’t have to dig it out.
That’s a good thing, because this recipe for coconut rolls from “Better Homes and Gardens The Bread Machine Cookbook: Recipes for 1 1/2 and 2 Lb. Loaves” whips up in your bread machine using the dough cycle. This is a recipe I used to make for road trips. Coconut isn’t known for being mess-free, but sometimes you want a little sweetness, and these sturdy little rolls were just the thing.
After the dough cycle completes, you only have to roll out the dough into a circle. This mildly sweet dough is super easy to work with. You hardly have to flour the surface or your rolling pin. Then you cut it into triangles, spread it with melted butter, sugar, and the coconut, roll it up, and place it in a baking pan to rise. Bake, and you’re done (except for the super simple vanilla icing drizzled over the top when it slightly cools). Easy.
Recipe for Coconut Rolls in Your Bread Machine
A bread machine is just about the easiest small kitchen appliance to use. All you have to do is remember:
- The order your bread machine wants you to add the ingredients
- Don’t add hot liquid because that would kill the yeast
- Use fresh yeast for the optimal rise.
Coconut-Filled Sweet Rolls Recipe for the Bread Machine
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 16 rolls 1x
Description
From Better Homes and Gardens, “The Complete Guide to Bread Machine Baking.” If you’re looking for a simple sweet roll recipe with a nice presentation, I’d highly suggest this coconut roll recipe.
It keeps for days when you store it in a covered reusable plastic container. Avoid glass containers because they will dry out the rolls. I hope you enjoy this bread machine recipe for coconut rolls as much as we do.
To Toast Coconut: In a 350* oven, put your shredded coconut in a single layer, shaking the pan so you don’t have big clumps. Bake it for 5 to 10 minutes, but check after 4 minutes, and every minute or so after. Once it starts getting golden, it can turn from almost ready to scorched beyond belief in no time.
Ingredients
For the 2# Coconut Rolls Dough
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Water
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/4 cup Butter, Chopped Up
- 4 cups Bread Flour
- 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast or Bread Machine Yeast
For the Coconut Roll Filling
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Butter
- 3/4 cup Toasted Coconut
For the Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2–3 Tablespoons Milk (just enough to reach the desired consistency, so start at 3 Tablespoons and add more only if necessary)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (I use 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Coconut Emulsion for a stronger coconut flavor)
- Toasted Coconut to Sprinkle Over the Top (I use the leftover coconut that didn’t make it into the wedges)
Instructions
- Add the first 8 ingredients to your bread machine pan in the order required by the manufacturer.
- Select the 2# loaf size.
- Choose the basic dough cycle.
- When the dough cycle finishes, remove the dough from the machine, punch it down (move your fist through the center of the dough to deflate it).
- Let it rest for 10 minutes so you can roll it out, and it won’t spring back.
- Meanwhile, make the filling by combining the granulated sugar and the melted butter. Set aside.
For the 2# Coconut Rolls
- Divide the coconut roll dough in half and roll each half into a 10″ circle.
- Spread both circles with half the filling and half the coconut.
- Cut each of the circles into 8 wedges. Roll up by starting with the wide end and tucking the point down when you place it in a greased 15″ x 10″ baking pan.
- Cover with a clean dish towel and let rise for 30 minutes or until roughly doubled.
- Bake at 350* for 20-25 minutes or until lightly golden. Mine typically take 15 minutes to bake through.
- Let cool on a wire rack until warm, but not hot, so you can drizzle the vanilla glaze over it without it completely melting.
For the Vanilla Glaze
- Combine 1 Cup Powdered Sugar, 3-4 Tablespoons Milk until you reach drizzling consistency, and 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract.
- Drizzle the icing over slightly cooled coconut rolls.
- Once completely cooled, store the rolls in a covered reusable plastic container.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Better Homes and Gardens Bread Machine Baking Cookbook
The “Cookability” Level: Beginner. A bread machine is low effort. Follow your manufacturer’s instructions regarding the order in which wet and dry liquids go in your machine, and you’re almost guaranteed a successful loaf. This cookbook includes helpful tips throughout.
Pantry Accessibility: If you have bread flour or all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, and yeast, you are well on your way to baking a lot of recipes. Pantry staples are the name of the game. Seasonings, specialty flours, such as pumpernickel or rye, and various fruits get you a much wider variety. That’s when you can get into flavored breads and dough-cycle breads, rolls, and so on. Otherwise, this accessible bread machine cookbook won’t require a ton of shopping before you can begin.
Tool Requirements: You’ll need a bread machine for this bread machine cookbook, of course. A 15″ x 10″ baking pan, a baking sheet, and a rolling pin will help you get through most of the shaped bread machine recipes in this book. A cooling rack would be handy. Specialty items, though I’d still consider these baking essentials, include:
- 11″ tart pan and sieve for the Mixed Berry Coffee Cake on Page 204.
- 10″ tube pan is needed for the Raspberry Ribbon Coffee Braid on Page 206.
- A 12″ pizza pan for Mustard Onion Flatbread (Page 216) or Goat Cheese and Onion Focaccia (Page 233).
- Four or six 10-ounce custard cups (six if you’re making the 2-pound version) for Bread Soup Bowls and Dried Tomato Focaccia Rings (Page 222 and Page 232, respectively).
- A 9″ x 3″ springform pan for Pizza Rustica (Page 219).
Cookbook Usability: If you love fresh, homemade bread, then you’ll find this cookbook hard to beat for versatility. I like the range of bread recipes, from things I have to hand-shape, such as rolls and breadsticks or pretzels, to full-cycle items. The Finnish Cardamom Loaf (Page 188) is a family favorite and smells so amazing while it’s baking. I like being able to set the machine to run in the morning, so we wake up to bread.
Image to Recipe Ratio: Not great. Full-color images accompany a few recipes here and there.
Who is this bread machine cookbook for?
- People who want a mix of basic bread machine cycle recipes and hand-formed recipes
- People who don’t need images to bake bread
- People who are familiar with the BH&G brand and want recipes that work
Inside the Better Homes and Gardens Bread Machine Cookbook
The “Better Homes and Gardens Bread Machine Cookbook” is ugly. There. I said it. This is not a pretty book. If you left this book sitting out, no one would marvel over its cover. But it’s what’s inside that counts. The insides of this book are like a loaf of homemade bread: welcoming and good (though, honestly, not all that attractive).
“Better Homes and Gardens The Complete Guide to Bread Machine Baking” Fast Facts
- Publisher: Better Homes & Gardens Books
- Publishing Date: 1999
- Pages: 240
- Size: 9.5″ x 1″ x 10.25″
- Weight: 2.4 pounds
- Photography: Krantz Studio
- Illustrations: Tom Nikosey Design
I thought I had lost this cookbook. I knew what it looked like and that it had a brown spine (you know how I organize my cookbook collection). But it was missing. I searched for it all last winter, off and on. I was almost sure that I’d left it somewhere. I didn’t want to buy a new copy, since I had notes all over my old copy. I just wanted mine.
Fortunately, I found it. I think it had somehow fallen behind a row of books in a built-in cabinet, and when I rearranged them, I suddenly realized I was holding it. Happy day! It’s a good day for you, too, since now you have a chance to make this phenomenal bread machine recipe.
Better Homes and Gardens Profile
- Top Social Media Accounts: Instagram and TikTok
- Must-Have Cookbook Titles: Better Homes and Gardens 100th Anniversary New Cook Book (2022), an update on the “red plaid” cookbook everyone’s family owned
- Niche: Usable Recipes
- Vibe: Authoritative and Knowledgeable
The Table of Contents inside the “Better Homes and Gardens Bread Machine Cookbook” includes:
- Basics
- Clasics
- Savory
- Sourdough
- Holiday
- Sweet
- Shaped
- Index
Coconut: Love It or Hate It
Coconut farming covers roughly 12390 thousand hectares, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare 2026 report. Coconuts are grown in over 90 countries, the University of the Philippines Los Baños University Library shared. Coconuts aren’t tree nuts at all, the FDA finally concluded (coconuts are related to plums, peaches, and cherries).
Like beer or coffee, fresh coconut meat and coconut water are an acquired taste. I tend to believe that’s true for shredded coconut, too. Everyone has heard my lament when my dad brought home these gorgeous bunny cakes from a bakery. It was a gift for his girls from one of his clients. But elementary school-aged me just couldn’t get past the coconut.
Fortunately, my coconut hatred changed. I believe it’s because I kept trying it. After all, some of the prettiest desserts feature coconut. Why wouldn’t I want to enjoy that? I never wanted to miss out on a bunny cake again. This coconut roll recipe converted my sons back when they were little too.
Better Homes and Gardens Bread and Bread Machine Cookbooks
You already know Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks. They’ve published a gazillion books of all kinds. I included their bread machine cookbook catalog below for your baking pleasure.
Better Homes and Gardens Best Bread Machine Recipes: For 1 1/2 and 2-Pound-Loaf Machines (1997)
