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If you have bought a bag of unsweetened coconut but your recipe requires sweetened you can fix the problem by adding sugar to your coconut. In a sauce pan heat the water and sugar.
Stir until all the water is absorbed.
How to sweeten coconut flakes. In a sauce pan heat the water and sugar. Stir until all the water is absorbed. If desired allow to dry on a cookie sheet.
Sweeten dry unsweetened coconut by immersing it in a pan of sugar and water. Dry the coconut by spreading it out onto waxed paper or a cookie sheet. You will need water sugar unsweetened coconut flakes a spoon spatula and a small pot.
The amount of sugar and water you need depends on the amount of coconut flakes you are sweetening. A lot of recipes require sweetened coconut flakes which are not easily available in India. But sweetened coconut is so easy to make using desiccated coconut.
If you have bought a bag of unsweetened coconut but your recipe requires sweetened you can fix the problem by adding sugar to your coconut. Then continue preparing your recipe as directed with the newly sweetened coconut. Advertisement Step 1 Place all of the ingredients into a saucepan.
How to toast coconut flakes. Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Spread your sweetened coconut flakes onto the sheet pan in as thin and even layer as possible.
Bake your coconut for 2 minutes. If you dont see some light browning around the edges go for ONE more minute. Give your coconut a stir.
Bake for 2 more minutes. While it may seem odd that unsweetened coconut has more fat and calories than sweetened coconut sweetened shredded coconut has a higher water content consisting of 155 percent water compared to only 3 percent water in unsweetened coconut. This results in a stronger but less sweet coconut flavor.
Sweetened coconut gets partially dried and mixed with sugar. It is soft and chewy and is fairly snackable straight from the package ahem. Unsweetened coconut gets completely dried.
Its fairly brittle more finely shredded and has a longer shelf life. For the most part this is one ingredient where I think that its best to follow. For home-sweetened coconut the ratios are 1 tablespoon of water to 1 teaspoon of sugar for every ¼ cup of unsweetened coconut.
My granola calls for ¾ cup of sweetened coconut so this description uses that serving size. For a cup of sweetened coconut you would use 4 tablespoons ¼ cup of water and 4 teaspoons of sugar. Follow me تابعوني على onPinterest بنتريست.
Although you are working with sweetened coconut that was once moist this approach may still work. They recommend you do the following. Put a pan of water on the stove and bring it to a boil.
Place a colander over the pan and put the coconut in the colander. Let the coconut absorb the steam for a few minutes and then pull the coconut off and. You can make sweetened coconut flakes using the same method as I did for my Shredded Coconut.
Alternatively youll need 2 Tbsp powdered sugar of your choice 1 Tbsp coconut oil or other neutral oil and 1 12-2 Tbsp water per cup of coconut flakes. Most shredded or flaked coconut available in North American retailers is sweetened which can affect cooking times. The added sugars can caramelize much quicker than unsweetened coconut and can.
Unsweetened coconut flakes are great in curbing hunger as they are low in carb and high in fat and fiber. As I chew on them and taste the coconut the feeling of hunger just goes away. To be a good snack coconut flakes have to be unsweetened.
Do not use sweetened coconut flakes they will just make you hungry due to all the added sugar. Preheat oven to 325ºF. Place shredded or flaked coconut evenly on a large baking sheet that has been lined with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper.
Put the baking sheet on the middle rack and bake for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes open the oven and gently stir the coconut with a spatula. Bake until the coconut.
Manufacturers usually sweeten the coconut by soaking it in sugar or corn syrup. This makes the sweetened product moister. Unsweetened coconut is drier and lighter.
If you use it to substitute for sweetened coconut without other additives you could get a flakier product that falls apart more easily. When coconut water as well as watermelon get mixed you will get most refreshing of all refreshments. Pina colada breakfast shake.
A healthy and an easy way to begin the day along with the coconut water oats flakes and pineapple. The original sweetness of coconut water mix with the taste of strawberries for this. 1 Black sticky rice a flavorful whole-grain alternative to white rice called khao niew dam is black when uncooked turning purple when steamed that results in a chewy sticky gummy textured rie that you can top with sesame seeds and coconut flakes.
Im sharing a simple method for making Thai black sticky rice that is both authentic delicious and undeniably tasty.