math question

Good Morning All,

Hey here is a strange question.....

I have an air tight container I keep my coconut flakes in. I want to make a recipe which calls for a pound of coconut. I am guessing about 3 cups but wondered if anyone else knew for sure how many cups in a pound of coconut. If I had a package here I could do the math but dont have any.

Thanks

 

Making needhams....they are a potato candy we eat up here...dont know if they are enjoyed nationwide or not but they are a chocolate coated potato and coconut slice of heaven to me!!

 

Guilty as charged!! hehe

I will get the cat off my recipe card and get that recipe posted in a few minutes for ya.

 

3/4 Cup mashed potato
1/2 teaspoon salt added into mashed potato
2 pounds confectioners sugar (7 1/2 Cups appox)
1 stick butter
1/2 pound flaked coconut
2 teaspoon vanilla
Good quality milk or dark chocolate to coat candies

Melt butter in double boiler and add potato, sugar, coconut, and and vanilla. Mix well and turn onto a buttered jelly roll pan. spread evenly throughout pan. Place in cool place to harden. (actually firm up is a better way to put it)

When hardened cut into squares and dip into melted chocolate. Place in fridge to allow chocolate to harden.

Love these candies and the amount of potato can be varied depending on your tastes.

 

I actually used about 3 1/2 cups coconut....seemed to be the right condistancy but wont be able to tell for 100% sure till it hardens.

I have enjoyed this recipe most of my life...there used to be an elderly lady down the street who made these and all us neighborhood kids would decend on her house. Dont remember how we knew she had them but somehow we always knew!!

 

thanks for that catch KYH....the recipe calls for flaked although I have always used shredded and didnt even think about it when copied it down. So either works...one other thing i forgot to mention is keep these in the fridge as they will get soft with much heat.

 

It had been years since I had made this recipe, and after making it today I would change the butter to less...I would have to experiment with it to see how much less would work but a whole stick is really to much......was good when I was a bit younger and gave less thought to what was good for me hehe

the price we pay for getting old i guess

of course the chocolate and sugar are still as good for ya as they ever were.....that is why we put potato in for nutritional value hehe
their good for me!! it has veggies!

 

I have used left over mashed potato in the past and adjusted the salt and butter accordingly ...but I it works much better if it is plain cooked potato mashed up...you can mash it into the melted butter and that will give you some moisture to get it less lumpy. lumps are unattractive in the candy although it wouldnt hurt the flavor much...

and i have never tried instant

never will try them either LOL

sorry not a fan of those!