Coconut Candy

Since Deepavali is almost just around the corner, I am planning to put all my favourite Deepavali recipes on my site. One of them is the coconut candy recipe. I have been using teh following recipe from Aunty Yochana for the past couple of years and it is definitely a no-fail coconut candy recipe. One of my husband's favourites but my kids dont seem to like it much. I have just copied and pasted Aunty Yochana's recipe here since I just followed her recipe and did not make any tweaks of my own to this recipe. I will replace her photos with mine once I make the candies for Deepavali. Thanks Aunty Yochana for sharing this recipe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients
350 gm. grated white coconut
500 gm. coarse sugar
170 gm. evaporated milk
50 gm. Butter
1 tsp. vanilla essence
a few drops of pink food colouring or any colour of your choice

Directions

 

1.  Place all the ingrediens (except butter)together into a heavy saucepan and stir continously

     over heat until sugar dissolves.
2.  Add in butter and continue stirring until mixture thickens.
3.  Pour thickend mixture into a greased 9" square tray and press till the surface is even. Leave

     to set and cool.4.  When slightly cool, cut into squares. When completely cooled to room temperature, store in

     airtight containers.

*note: Do not wait until completely cooled then cut into squares, the candy will break into pieces.