Cocoanut Drops (Swellendam Recipe)
Origin: Swellendam, South Africa
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- cocoanut, grated
- 1/2 weight of grated cocoanut sugar
- 1 egg white
Instructions
- Beat the egg white until stiff.
- Combine the grated cocoanut with sugar, using half the weight of the cocoanut.
- Fold the beaten egg white into the cocoanut mixture.
- Drop small pieces onto buttered paper.
- Sift sugar over the tops.
- Bake for fifteen minutes in a slow oven.