Recipes
COCONUT DROPS
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 4 oz margarine
- 3 tbsp baking powder
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups grated coconut
- ½ cup mixed dried fruit
- ¾ cup raisins
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- Grated zest of ½ lime
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
- Sift flour, salt, cinnamon and baking powder into a bowl. Add the sugar and mix well. Rub the margarine into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Chop the dried fruit into small pieces if the pieces are too large. Add to the flour mixture followed by the raisins, lime zest and grated coconut.
- In a small bowl, mix together the eggs, milk and vanilla essence. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix to form into a dough.
- Drop by spoonfuls on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in oven for 25 – 30 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
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