Cocoanut Candy

Ingredients

• one tablespoon of butter
• two cups of sugar
• one-third cup of creamy milk
• one teaspoon of vanilla
• one tablespoon of orange juice
• a suspicion of the grated rind
• two-thirds cup of shredded cocoanut

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add sugar and creamy milk.

2. 2

   Boil until soft-ball stage is reached, then remove from heat and beat until creamy.

3. 3

   Add vanilla (or orange juice and grated rind) and shredded cocoanut.

4. 4

   Turn into a buttered pan and cool.

As published

This recipe was extracted from For the comfort of the family (1914) by Josephine Story, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cocoanut candy is made by melt- ing one tablespoon of butter in a saucepan ; to this add two cups of sugar and one-third cup of creamy milk. Boil until soft-ball stage is reached; remove from range and beat until creamy; add one teaspoon of vanilla (or one tablespoon of orange juice to which has been added a suspicion of the grated rind) , and two- thirds cup of shredded cocoanut

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