Cocoanut Drops (Swellendam Recipe)

Origin: Swellendam, South Africa

Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Beat the egg white until stiff.
  2. Combine the grated cocoanut with sugar, using half the weight of the cocoanut.
  3. Fold the beaten egg white into the cocoanut mixture.
  4. Drop small pieces onto buttered paper.
  5. Sift sugar over the tops.
  6. Bake for fifteen minutes in a slow oven.

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