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Coconut Candy
Coconut Candy is a traditional Liberian recipe for a soft sweet (candy) made from lots of grated coconut bound with molten sugar. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Liberian dish of: Coconut Candy.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
Additional Time:
(+cooling)
Makes:
18
Rating: 
Tags : Spice RecipesLiberia Recipes
This is a classic Liberian candy, which incorporates two major Liberian products — coconuts and cinnamon (or
Cassia bark). Rather than being a hard candy this is really finely-grated coconut flesh bound with sugar.
Ingredients:
3 large coconuts
1kg brown sugar
3 tbsp ground
cinnamon
icing sugar to coat
Method:
Traditionally the quantities needed are the grated flesh of 3 large coconuts combined with 1kg of brown sugar, adjust your quantities accordingly.
Crack open the coconuts and remove any water (chill and drink this). Remove the flesh then finely grate this (along with any inner brown husk covering the flesh). When done mix in the cinnamon and set the grated coconut flesh aside.
Meanwhile add the sugar to a large pan or saucepan. Heat gently until it melts then bring to a boil. Continue heating until the sugar thickens and begins to darken (ie until it reaches the Hard-Ball Stage). Take off the heat and immediately stir-in the coconut. Return to the heat and continue stirring until the coconut is completely covered in the molten sugar. Pour onto a lightly-greased tray then mound up with a spoon and set aside to cool.
When the coconut candy is cool enough to handle take small handfuls of the mixture and roll into balls between your palms. Roll these balls in icing sugar so that they're coated then store in an air-tight container.
