Homemade Coconut Milk

Make Homemade Coconut milk from Dried Coconut  

This recipe comes fom a vendor of coconut products that doesn't sell a canned coconut milk because they say there isn't a good one.  There's a video demonstration on their site here:http://www.freecocon...de-coconut-milk

Homemade Coconut Milk Recipe

 Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 7/8 cup dry unsweetened shredded coconut

• In a medium-size kettle, heat the water, but do not bring it to a boil.
• Place the coconut in a blender and add 1 cup of the hot water.
• Blend for 2-3 minutes.
• Place a colander in a bowl and line the colander with 4 thicknesses of cheesecloth.
• Pour the blended coconut mixture into the cheesecloth and twist to extract the milk, letting the milk go into the bowl.
• Return the coconut pulp to the blender and add the remaining 1/2 cup of hot water.
• Blend for 1-2 minutes, strain and press through the cheesecloth into the bowl.

Makes about 1 cup

Save  the leftover coconut pulp for pancakes & cookies!   

Mix the coconut with a couple mashed ripe bananas, a little salt and whatever else you'd like such as spices, a little cocoa powder, low sugar dark chocolate pieces, a spoonful of nut butter, etc.  Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet & bake.  Also do with other things besides banana such as baked winter squash or sweet potatoes.  Mix with a little egg for pancakes or even better, with mashed sweet potato and egg.