Candied strawberries
12 Servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | cup | Coconut |
1 | cup | Ground pecans |
1 | pack | (6-oz) strawberry Jello |
¾ | cup | Eagle Brand milk |
½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
Granulated sugar | ||
Slivered almonds | ||
Red & green food coloring |
Directions
Mix together coconut, pecans, dry jello, milk & vanilla. Mix thoroughly & chill for 1 hour. Shape into strawberries & roll in granulated sugar which has been tinted with red food coloring. Insert a tinted green sliver of almond for a stem. To make green almond slivers, put almonds in a small jar with a few drops green food coloring & shake. These 'strawberries' freeze exceptionally well & are very decorative for dessert trays.
MARJORIE WALKER
From the <The Bliss of Cooking Returns>, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club, Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .