Sweet Pink Coconut Recipes

Steps:

• Mix everything together but the food coloring. Dust a 9x13-inch baking pan with powdered sugar. Put 1/2 the coconut mixture in the pan. Press evenly.
• Add pink food coloring (or your choice of color depending on holiday) to the remaining coconut mixture and knead until combined. Place this mixture on top of that in the pan. Dust the top with powdered sugar. Chill . Cut in desired pieces.

Steps:

• Mix everything together.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and let sit for four hours or until set.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease five 8x4-inch baking pans.
• Combine brown sugar, coconut, flour, raisins, fruit peel, cherries, baking powder, mixed essence, and nutmeg in a large bowl using a large wooden spoon.
• Combine margarine and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave until melted, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Pour melted mixture into flour mixture, alternating with milk, until batter is just mixed. Add water, a teaspoon at a time, if more moisture is needed.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking pans, smoothing the tops with the back of a wet spoon. Sprinkle white sugar over each loaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Invert onto cooking racks.