2 cup hot water
1 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
4 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
Combine water & coconut. Let stand for 20 minutes. Blend at high
speed for a few seconds. Add the rest of the ingredients. Blend till
well mixed. Pour into a greased glass dish. Bake at 350F for 60-70
minutes. Cool on a wire rack & then chill in the fridge.
Recipe by Mark Satterly
Servings: 8 servings
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The History of Recipes
We are able to read the history of `recipes` far back into the far past, in fact as far into history as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these ancient cook books were just primitive pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
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