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APRICOT COCONUT BALLS
Of the two Christmas treats, these always disappear first. They are quick and easy to make, especially if you buy the apricots already chopped. I always roll them in icing sugar as there is already heaps of coconut inside them.
CHOCOLATE RUM TRUFFLES
Every Christmas I make these Chocolate Rum Truffles and the next recipe Apricot Coconut Balls. When my children were little I used to make them, put them in jars and give them to their teachers as a Christmas gift. I’ve kept making them ever year since. The recipe came from a newspaper cutting that I pasted into my folder years ago. As we don’t read the same newspaper I was really surprised to find the same cutting in Mum’s collection. I’m now wondering how I ended up with it, but I’m glad I did.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
This time of year when you have to take a ‘plate’ to all sorts of Christmas functions White Christmas is another quick and easy copha recipe that can work quite well. It was something that Mum made every Christmas, put on a plate with a bit of tinsel or some sprigs of holly it looks really festive. It might be a bit old fashioned now, but it still tastes great. These are a couple of versions I found in Mum’s collection.
COCONUT ICE
This recipe is from a Great Christmas Recipes – Just for Kids leaflet I found in Mum’s collection. They are all recipes using copha and I thought this classic Coconut Ice was one that you don’t see around much any more. I remember it being very sweet and really nice.
ROCKY ROAD
Copha seems to have gone out of favour in recent years, but around the 1970s it was used a lot for no-bake slices and especially for sweets. This recipe was published by The Australian Women’s Weekly in 1994, it’s a little more modern with White Melts and Mallow Bakes, but it’s still quick and easy to make. Great for adults and children alike.
ALMOND SHORTBREAD DROPS
Just for variety I thought this more biscuit style recipe might be worth trying. Mum cut it out from the Australian Women’s weekly back in March 2001. I haven’t calculated the cost to make them, but I think it would be a bit more than $1.50 these days.
SCOTCH SHORTBREAD
I’m not sure I ever made one of Mum’s shortbread recipes. I found this one in an Australian Women’s Weekly 100 delicious Biscuits and Slices cookbook just after I got married and it’s the one I usually make. I like it because it is cooked in a tray and cut into fingers. The metric butter measurement is 220g.
SHORTBREAD
As well as lots of handwritten recipes I found this one in the collection. It comes from the side of the Rice Flour packet.
SHORTBREADS – Thel Payne
Christmas in our house always started with Mum making the pudding and the cake, the next thing on her list was fruit mince pies and shortbread. Although I’ve hunted through her recipes I haven’t been able to find her fruit mince pie recipe yet, I know it’s in there somewhere, but I have found lots of recipes for shortbread. This recipe seems typical of the handwritten ones and was given to her by an old friend – Thel Payne.
SHORTBREADS – Thel Payne
- 250g buttter
- 125g castor sugar
- 375g plain flour
- 75g rice flour
Cream butter and sugar, add flours. Knead in basin till smooth. Divide into 3 pieces and roll into circle approx 10mm thick. Cut into 8 to 10 pieces and bake in oven 160o for 5 mins then 120o for 30mins. Turn tray half way through. When cool dust with icing sugar.
