Memere's Quick Ambrosia

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Ingredients for Memere's Quick Ambrosia: Madarin Oranges, Pineapple Chunks, Shredded Coconut, Tiny Marshmellows and Sour Cream.


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Butterscotch Coconut Drops

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Ingredients for Butterscotch Coconut Drops: Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, Butter, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla, Nestle's Butterscotch Morsels, Pecans & Flaked Coconut.


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For more great recipes using Nestle's Butterscotch Morsels right mouse click on the bag below.

Magic Cookie Bar

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Ingredients for Magic Cookie Bar: Butter, Graham Cracker Crumbs, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bits, Condensed Milk, Coconut, and Chopped Nuts.

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Memere's Coconut Macaroons

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Ingredients for Memere's Coconut Macaroons: Flaked Coconut, Condensed Milk, Vanilla, Almond Extract, Nuts & Cherries.

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Peter Paul Mounds Candy & Almond Joy(s)

Here are still more coconut delights! These are always great... whether you buy them at the store or make 'em your self!








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Ingredients for Peter Paul Mounds & Almond Joy: Condensed Milk, Vanilla, Sugar, Coconut, Chocolate Chips and Dry Roasted Almonds.






While looking around the Log House Coconut website I noticed that they have both Chocolate & Vanilla Almond Bark. Many of Memere's cookie & candy recipes call for chocolate bark. So here is another location to find it on the web. :-)






Finally... I just had to share THIS...
There are some really creative ideas on the Log House site.
Can you picture a whole army of these FUN PARTY MICE for your Halloween party?







RIGHT MOUSE CLICK on the photos to navigate to Log House site.

One Bowl Macaroons With a Citrus Twist

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Ingredients for One Bowl Macaroons With a Citrus Twist: Coconut, Sugar, Flour, Salt, Eggs, Grated Citrus Peel & Almond Extract.

One Bowl Macaroons

Memere loved these macaroons so much that she had the same recipe in two formats. One recipe makes more macaroons than the other. You can choose which one you would like to print. Both feature Baker's Angel Flake Coconut.

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Ingredients for One Bowl Macaroons: Coconut, Sweetened Condensed Milk & Vanilla.

RIGHT MOUSE CLICK on the coconut picture below to navigate to the Baker's Coconut website + 253 coconut recipes.

Premium Macadamia Macaroons

These Macaroon cookies are made with Premium Saltine Crackers. Memere really enjoyed both Macadamia nuts & almost any Macaroon Cookie. These are surprisingly good.

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Ingredients for Premium Macadamia Macaroons: Coconut, Chopped Macadamia Nuts, Condensed Milk, Vanilla, Saltine Crackers, Egg Whites & Semisweet Chocolate.

RIGHT MOUSE Click on the box of saltines to see other recipes...
The link will take you to my favorite Premium Saltine recipe, PREMIUM® Toffee Crunch. I have made these many times! I just LOVE how the salty & sweet flavors mix on the tongue. Enjoy!

Chewy Coconut Centers

I remember Memere telling me that if it weren't for her sweet tooth, she would have disappeared. The incredible number of candy & cookie recipes that were in her recipe box are proof of that!

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Ingredients for Chewy Coconut Centers: Light Corn Syrup, Marshmallows, Coconut, Vanilla, Almond Extract & Dipping Chocolate.

Memere LOVED coconut & often ordered it from Bob's Red Mill because they had a Wheat-Free packaging facility. These candies are great for those who have Ciliac disease or are gluten intolerant.
Below are two more Gluten-Free sweet recipes.

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Bob's Red Mill has MANY gluten free products. Right mouse click on the bag to navigate to BobsRedMillDotCom to see their recipes & products.

Coconut Cookies - Kokoskakor

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IngredientsFor Coconut Cookies - Kokoskakor: Butter, Eggs, Sugar & Shredded Coconut.
This is a Gluten-Free Recipe.

This recipe is another cut from Memere's local newspaper the SunSentinel.

Click HERE for more of their fine recipes!

You will need to scroll down the page. :-)

Chewy Coconut Bars

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Ingredients For Chewy Coconut Bars: Light Corn Syrup, Butter, Sugar, Salt, Almond Extract, Flaked Coconut, & Chocolate for Dipping.

Click HERE to go link to 251 recipes using Baker's Coconut.

Crackled Crescents

Memere must have LOVED this recipe. The recipe card shows just how much she used it. Over the years she has added notes and then edited the recipe more than once. There is a cleaned up version of the recipe following Memere's recipe card.

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Ingredients For Crackled Crescents: Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder, Egg, Butter, Cream Cheese, Mini Chocolate Bits, Vanilla Flavoring, Almond Flavoring, Coconut Flavoring, Sprinkles, Coconut, Nuts

Crispy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

The Crispy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe was on Memere's Holiday Tray Master List year after year. As soon as I hear the word oatmeal, I can't help but think of Quaker Oats. So, below Memere's recipe cards is a photo of some fun Snowman Oatmeal Cookies with a link to the recipe at Quaker Oats. You can find lots of other great recipes there as well.

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Click the "For Santa" Photo for the recipe.

Ingredients For Crispy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies: Shortening, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla, Flour, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Salt, Rolled Oats, Rice Cereal, Flaked Coconut.

Apricot Coconut Balls or Apricot BonBons

There may be more than one recipe for Apricot Bonbons by the time all of Mom's recipes have been reviewed. Notice that she thought these were "Delicious!"

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Ingredients for Apricot Coconut Balls -or- Apricot Bonbons: Coconut, Dried Apricots, Condensed Milk & White Chocolate Coating