1/2 cup butter
2 cup confectioners' sugar
3 cup flaked coconut
1 tbsp milk
2 oz semi-sweet chocolate, melted
Directions
Preparation time: 30 minutes Chilling time: 1 hour
1. Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat. Add sugar, coconut and
milk. Mix well. Shape rounded teaspoon of mixture into balls. Make a
dent in the center. Place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
2. Fill center with melted chocolate. Chill until firm. Store in
refrigerator. These freeze wonderfully and look beautiful on a tray.
Winner Shere Case of Hickory Hills describes her cookie entry:
"Holiday preparation usually starts in September and continues until
the night before Christmas. I have been doing this for almost 18
years, and each year I add more recipes. This particular cookie,
passed on to me by my sister- in-law, Diana Forkash of Wisconsin,
ranks among the favorites of the family and friends. It looks
absolutely gorgeous on a plate, tastes wonderful and is absolutely
the easiest thing to make. There is no baking time involved, and you
can sit down on the job and enjoy doing them."
from the Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest
December 4, 1986
Servings: 36 servings
1986 Winner: Coconut Joys Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Fruit
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to trace the history of transcribed cooking instructions way back into the distant past, in fact as far back into recorded history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further. However, mostly, these early recipes were just very basic pictorial instructions for meal preparation.
As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times there are two interesting recipe books which date from the fourteenth century ; a book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these have no connection with the indian curry that appears on menues today, but rather recipes for the types of food on the tables of the rich and wealthy people of that time. In the 15th century, the Crusaders brought back many new spices and herbs from the Middle-East, including parsley and basil. These new spices and herbs prompted an explosion in books on cooking, some of which still exist in private libraries. The arrival of TV brought us celebrity chefs and the accompanying recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, permitting everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes like the ones you can find on our site. |
We hope you enjoy this 1986 Winner_ Coconut Joys recipe.
