Chinese coconut candy

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Grated coconut ( Substitute canned)
2 cups Brown sugar
Walnut halves

Directions

1) Melt sugar in heavy pan over a slow fire.

2) Add coconut and cook until sugar begins to crystallize.

3) Remove from fire and pour into a buttered pan.

4) Cut into 1 inch squares and press a walnut half on top of each cookie.

Variations: Place ½ square of coconut candy or about 1 Teaspoon of crystallized sugar and coconut on one corner of a small WONTON wrapper ( See Recipe WONTON.TXT ) Fold over corner of wrapper, enclosing candy mixture. Pinch together two opposite free corners of wrapper, leaving one corner free.

Fry in deep hot oil until golden brown.

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