1 can condensed milk, sweetened 14 oz
2 oz chocolate, unsweetened
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3 cup coconut, shredded
45 almonds, whole, salted
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. In top of double boiler, combine condensed milk,
chocolate and salt. Cook over rapidly boiling water; stirring often,
for 5 to 7 minutes, or till until mixture thickens. Remove from heat
and stir in vanilla and coconut. Form cookies by dropping teaspoons
of mixture on well greased baking sheet, 1" apart. Top each with a
whole almond. Bake on middle sheet of oven for 10-12 minutes,
watching cookies carefully after 8-9 minutes,as the bottom can get
too brown. Immediately remove cookies from pan with metal spatula and
cool on wax peper covered rack.
These taste a bit like the chocolate bars; hence the name. They freeze
well. from _Heartland: The Best of the Old and the New from Midwest
Kitchens_
Servings: 1 servings
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