Re: OMG Pecan Coconut butter

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Yes, that does make sense. Thanks Will almonds added near the end

scratch the container?

Velda

On 2/6/2012 2:20 PM, Lea Ann Savage wrote:

> Hi Velda,

>

> The coconut isn't hard enough (IMO) to scratch your container and it will not

create the sucking/heating motion necessary to make coconut butter. For

example… put almonds in the dry container and it makes almond meal, put them in

the wet container and it will make almond butter (eventually).

>

> Think of the dry container as fluffing and smashing things up and the wet

container and heating/packing/pulling down. You want to mix the coconut and

release its oil. If you tamp enough, you can even make coconut butter out of

the dried coconut flakes with no added oil (assuming that they weren't REALLY

dry like Bob's Red Mills) to start with.

>

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> On Feb 6, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Velda wrote:

>

> Plan to use my dry, to avoid scratches in the other container.

> Velda

>

> On 2/6/2012 12:18 PM, mirthfullady wrote:

>> Do you use the regular or dry container for the coconut bites?

>>

>>

>>>>> Got the recipe here

>>>>>

>>>>> http://paleomg.com/pecan-coconut-butter/

>>>>>

>>>>> I used 1 cup fresh coconut

>>>>> 2 cups pecans

>>>>> 2-3 tbs coconut oil

>>>>> few shakes of salt

>>>>> 1 tbs raw honey

>>>>> 1-2 tsp vanilla extract

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm eating it out of the container.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm trying to put it on celery for a snack tomorrow.

>>>>>

>>>>> Tony

>>>>>

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