This recipe was a firm favourite with
coconut fans at the Life on the Home Front Doncaster 1914-18 at Cusworth Hall Museum and
Park where
visitors were invited to explore what life was like in Doncaster in 1915.
Lucy and I baked 6 recipes from the First World
War era including this one for 'Cocoanut Haystacks' from The Best Way one of Grandma's old recipe books.
Published in 1907, it was a prized book in Grandma’s
collection of 850 practical and tried recipes and household hints for
6d.
Coconut Haystacks
Two cupfuls of desiccated coconut
One cupful of sugar
Half a cupful of flour
2oz (50g) of butter
1 egg
N.B. 1 cup = approx 4oz/110g
Mix the coconut, sugar and flour together
and rub in the butter well. Beat the egg and mix in with the other ingredients.
Make into cones and bake in a hot oven (400F, Mark6, 200C) till they are
slightly browned, which will be in about 10 minutes.
Meryl's tip : You can use an egg cup to make a really smooth
cone.
Take a look at the other recipes I baked for the Life on the
Home Front event.
Which one is your favourite?
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