Coconut ice
A festive sweet treat
Ingredients
- 1/2 pint milk
- 2 lbs sugar
- 3/4 lb desiccated coconut
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- A few drops red food colour
Instructions
- Use a good thick pan
- Grease a square or rectangular tin, about 8 inches
- Put the milk and sugar into the pan and stir on a gentle heat until all the sugar has dissolved
- Bring to the boil for 10 minutes
- Remove from the heat
- Add the coconut and vanilla
- Stir well
- Pour half the mix into the tin and colour the rest a soft pink
- Pour over first layer and leave to cool
- Cut into squares when set and remove from tin