Fresh Coconut Patties Recipe
Yield: 20 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
2 cup: Sugar,
1 cup: Coconut milk and water,
1/2 tsp: Vanilla extract,
Green & red food coloring,
1 cup: Grated fresh coconut,
Candied cherries,
Directions:
DIRECTIONS: Mix sugar and coconut milk and water in saucepan. Bring to
boil, and cook until a small amount of mixture forms a soft ball when
dropped in cold water (240-F). Pour onto a wet platter, and let stand
until lukewarm. Add vanilla, and beat until thick and creamy. Knead
until smooth. Divide, and add a few drops of green coloring to half
and red coloring to other half. Sprinkle coconut on a cookie sheet.
Dry in slow oven, 250-F, about 15 minutes. Work half of coconut into
each mixture. Heat each mixture over boiling water until softened;
drop from teaspoon on waxed paper, and flatten slightly. Put a bit of
cherry in the center of each. Let harden.
Source: Moms old magazine clippings- 1940s to 1970s
From: Sallie Austin
Source from luhu.jp
boil, and cook until a small amount of mixture forms a soft ball when
dropped in cold water (240-F). Pour onto a wet platter, and let stand
until lukewarm. Add vanilla, and beat until thick and creamy. Knead
until smooth. Divide, and add a few drops of green coloring to half
and red coloring to other half. Sprinkle coconut on a cookie sheet.
Dry in slow oven, 250-F, about 15 minutes. Work half of coconut into
each mixture. Heat each mixture over boiling water until softened;
drop from teaspoon on waxed paper, and flatten slightly. Put a bit of
cherry in the center of each. Let harden.
Source: Moms old magazine clippings- 1940s to 1970s
From: Sallie Austin
Source from luhu.jp
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