Fa'apapa - Baked kokosnoot bread

By panipopos

So the other 24-hour interval , my mother called me "old school".
She didn't purpose those exact words only the implication was clear. I've been away likewise long.

How did this happen?
Well , I was telling her how I was making fa'apapa , the agency nosotros used to accept it when I was little. Fa'apapa inwards those days were these heavy , thick , dense kokosnoot slabs that y'all could pause your teeth on. An one-time Samoan adult woman could continue this form of fa'apapa inwards her pocketbook as well as nibble a lump off spell waiting for the charabanc , sitting inwards church building , inwards the doctor's waiting room. And the fa'apapa also doubled every bit a weapon inwards representative she got mugged. One hitting , as well as the guy would survive out similar a light.

So I was telling my woman bring upwardly how I had succeeded inwards recreating the same form of difficult crunchy crust around a dense kokosnoot texture , weighing the requisite 1 pound , as well as the adult woman says "Oh , nosotros don't brand them similar that anymore".

"What? What exercise y'all mean?" I enquire her.
"Yeah , these days , nosotros similar lighter , fluffier fa'apapa." my woman bring upwardly replies.
"Huh? What are y'all talking close , 'lighter' 'fluffier'? They're supposed to survive bricks of kokosnoot right?"
"No , that's how they used to brand them. Some people yet arrive that agency (eg. my old-school daughter). But these days , nosotros add together baking pulverisation to give it a flake of elevator as well as don't add together as well as thence much coconut. It tastes amend too."

Well , I'll survive darned. Who would accept idea that fa'apapa would evolve without me.

So I've been experimenting amongst the traditional as well as updated versions of fa'apapa , as well as my woman bring upwardly is correct , the modern materials is easier on the palate. But I yet squall upwardly the old-fashioned fa'apapa is amend for fa'ausi , which inwards truth , was the whole argue I was trying to brand fa'apapa anyway. Feel complimentary to attempt either version. They both sense of savour skilful , only solely the master copy fa'apapa tin shipping away preclude mugging.

Old-school Fa'apapa (makes 2)
2 cups (250g) flour
⅓ cup (65g) sugar
1⅓ cup (120g) unsweetened kokosnoot flakes
½ can (200ml) kokosnoot milk

Put everything together inwards a bowl as well as mix good amongst your hands. Divide into 2 equal portions. Generously grease some baking newspaper amongst butter. Flatten each subdivision of dough into a slab no bigger than 1 inch/2.5 thick. Wrap each subdivision tightly inwards the baking paper. Bake at 390°F/200ºC for 35-40 minutes or until crust is well-browned.