Toasted Coconut
Toasting coconut in the oven is easy and can be done with one simple ingredient: coconut! It's a great way to give any dish a sweet and crunchy topping.
Servings: 11
Calories: 164kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Spread coconut evenly on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 4 minutes before using a spatula to flip and move the coconut.
- Every minute or so after that, stir the coconut, until you have baked it for a total of 10 minutes, or until it has reached a nice golden color.
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Notes
- Coconut cooks fast. It’s important to keep an eye on it.
- It’s okay if your coconut is not perfectly flat on the baking sheet. Some will overlap and that’s okay. You will be stirring it around which will help the entire batch get toasted.
Nutrition
Serving: 3tablespoons | Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Sodium: 86mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
