Trinidad Toolum

Name: Trinidad Toolum
Ingredients: 4 1/2 cups brown sugar; 6 cups grated coconut; 1 cup molasses; 6 inches dried orange peel, broken into bits; 1 tablespoon freshly grated gingerroot; butter, for greasing tray

6 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups brown sugar
6 cups grated coconut
1 cup molasses
6 inches dried orange peel, broken into bits
1 tablespoon freshly grated gingerroot
butter, for greasing tray

Directions

1

Cook sugar in a heavy aluminum or iron pot and stir until it liquefies.
2

Mix the shredded coconut in with the sugar and stir until well blended.
3

Stir occasionally until liquid reddens.
4

Add molasses, dried orange peel and ginger.
5

Stir to blend and when the mixture starts to rise and fall, stir briskly and keep stirring until it leaves the side of the pot.
6

Remove from the heat and drop by table spoon onto a lightly greased tray or dish.
7

Shape into balls (about the size of table tennis balls).
8

Remove when firm and store in airtight containers.
9

* Serving size is a wild guess as I don't remember how much this recipe produces! Same with cooking time.