American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Cocoanut Caramels

Original Recipe

Two cupfuls of grated cocoanut, one cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of flour, the whites of three eggs, beaten stiff. Soak the cocoanut, if desiccated, in milk enough to cover it; then beat the whites of the eggs, add gradually the sugar, cocoanut and flour; with your fingers make, by rolling the mixture, into cone shapes. Place them on buttered sheets of tin covered with buttered letter paper and bake in a moderate heat about fifteen or twenty minutes. They should cool before removing from the tins.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cupfuls of grated cocoanut
  • 1 cupful of sugar
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 10 stiff
  • 1 shapes
  • 1 moderate heat about fifteen or twenty minutes

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cupfuls of grated cocoanut, one cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of flour, the whites of three eggs, beaten stiff.

  2. 2

    Soak the cocoanut, if desiccated, in milk enough to cover it; then beat the whites of the eggs, add gradually the sugar, cocoanut and flour; with your fingers make, by rolling the mixture, into cone shapes.

  3. 3

    Place them on buttered sheets of tin covered with buttered letter paper and bake in a moderate heat about fifteen or twenty minutes.

  4. 4

    They should cool before removing from the tins.

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