Pan de coco

{{Short description|Philippine sweet bread}}

{{For|the Honduran bread roll that uses coconut milk|Pan de coco (Honduran cuisine)}}

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| caption =Pan de coco from the Philippines, about 4 and a half inches in diameter.

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| type = Sweet roll

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Pan de coco, literally "coconut bread" in Spanish, is a Filipino rich sweet roll that uses sweetened shredded coconut meat (bukayo) as filling.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pinoycookingrecipes.com/pan-de-coco.html|title=Pan de Coco|website=PinoyCookingRecipes|access-date=July 20, 2016}}{{Citation|last=My Sweet Ambitions|title=Pan De Coco|date=December 11, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LZAhIzfCHI|access-date=July 20, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.panlasangpinoyrecipes.com/pan-de-coco-recipe/|title=Pan de Coco Recipe {{!}} Panlasang Pinoy Recipes|date=March 29, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=July 20, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://recipenijuan.com/pan-de-coco-recipe-coconut-bread/|title=Pan De Coco Recipe and History|website=RecipeniJuan|access-date=October 16, 2016}}

It is one of the most popular types of bread in the Philippines, usually part of the "Filipino bread basket" with the Filipino "spanish bread" and pan de sal, commonly served for breakfast or merienda.{{Cite web |title=The Filipino Bread Basket: Pan de Sal to Spanish Bread |url=https://www.pinoykitchen.eu/blog/the-filipino-bread-basket-pan-de-sal-to-spanish-bread |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Pinoy Kitchen |language=en-US}}

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