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What kind of coconut?

Meryl or Michael, do you think the recipe is calling for sweetened or unsweetened coconut? It doesn't say in the recipe and I can't decide which it would be. With the sweetened condensed milk plus powdered sugar, maybe unsweetened would be best, but is it moist and soft? I seem to think that the unsweetened kind I've used in the past is kind of dry. What do you suggest?

 
Good question. I will use unsweetened coconut. I think sweetened would be too sweet...

...considering what you pointed out. The condensed milk is sweetened (a lot!) and two cups of powdered sugar is enough for me.

I buy unsweetened shredded coconut at Kroger's that is very moist -almost as moist as the sweetened version. It is their store brand.

If you don't have anything like that in Oregon, perhaps you could buy some at a health food store with a high turnaround.

Or, click on the link in the recipe and buy their suggested product.

Michael

 
I agree with Michael about using unsweetened coconut. Or you can just cut down the sugar if you want

to use the sweetened coconut.

 
I'll have to look for this unsweetened at our Fred Meyer's, which is a Kroger store out west.

I find the unsweetened in the natural foods dept is quite dry and like shredded cardboard.

 
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