Coconut candy
Coconut candy recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 30 vanilla wafers
- 5 cups coconut, shredded
- 4 tablespoons water
- 4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 stick cinnamon
- Red food coloring
Recipe method:
- Grease an 8 inch square pan and line it with the wafers.
- In a blender, grind the shredded coconut with 4 tablespoons water into a fine paste.
- In a large pot, combine sugar, 2 cups of the water and the cinnamon stick.
- Cook over low heat, stirring gently, until sugar dissolves.
- Cover and cook over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals from the sides of the pan.
- Uncover and continue cooking to the soft ball stage, 234 degrees F, or until syrup forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from cold water.
- Remove from the heat and mix in the ground coconut.
- Transfer to a large mixing bowl and beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until the mixture forms a paste.
- Divide in half and add a few drops of red food coloring to one portion and leave the other white.
- Fill the pan half full with the white coconut mixture and then top with the pink coconut mixture.
- Let cool in a dry covered container for 1 day.
- Slice into approximately 6 x 2 inch shapes.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and store in a dry container until ready to eat.
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