Coconut Toffee Food

COCONUT TOFFEE 2

Steps:

• Line a 8- by 8-inch brownie pan with wax or parchment paper, overlapping the sides for easy lifting later.
• Pour some water into a very small bowl and put it in the freezer to chill (this is in case you don't have a thermometer, or if you want to be super accurate).
• In a small saucepan, stir together the sugar and 1/2 cup water. Attach a candy thermometer to the pot (if you have one) and place over medium heat. Bring to a gentle boil.
• Continue to cook the sugar mixture (it should bubble adamantly), stirring occasionally, and checking the temperature, either with the candy thermometer or with a regular digital thermometer. Be extremely careful; bubbling sugar will burn you like nobody's business.
• When the sugar mixture reaches 230 degrees F, turn the heat off. If you don't have a thermometer, pull the chilled bowl of water out of the freezer and, using a spoon, drop a tiny dollop of the sugar mixture into the cold water. It should form long strings. This is called "one-string consistency" and it means that your sugar is at exactly the right temperature.
• Stir in the cardamom and red food coloring if you're using it. Now, add the coconut and the cashew powder if using. Stir carefully until the whole mixture is an even pink hue. Quickly, pour into the prepared pan, smooth out so it's an even thickness and allow to cool for about an hour.
• When hardened, pull out of the pan, and cut into either bite-size squares or diamonds. Enjoy with a warm cup of chai!

TOFFEE COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown; cool slightly. , In a small bowl, beat the egg, brown sugar, vanilla and baking powder until blended. Stir in coconut and pecans. Spread over crust. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

COCONUT TOFFEE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375*F.
• Line a few cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar until smooth.
• Add the eggs and vanilla; blend until smooth.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture just until combined.
• Stir in the oats, toffee bits, and coconut by hand.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons.
• 2" apart onto the cookie sheets; bake 8-10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool 1 minute on the cookie sheets; transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9X12 baking pan with release spray.
• Mix together topping ingredients until crumbly and gently press into prepared pan. Do not press too hard or they will be hard to remove from the pan. Bake 10 minutes.
• While the crust is baking mix the ingredients for thefilling stiring until ingredients are well mixed.
• Spread filling ingredients over hot crust and bake an additional 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top return pan to ove until chips are soft enough to spread.

COCONUT & SEMOLINA TOFFEES (AKA RULANG TOFFEE)

Steps:

• Firstly, oil or butter a cookie sheet (or even a cutting board would do!).
• ((If using cardomom pods - split the cardomom pods and remove the seeds. Crush the seeds with the handle of your knife.)).
• In a non-stick pan,over medium heat, dry roast the semolina until light brown in colour. Keep stirring so it doesn't burn. Set aside.
• In another pan, mix sugar and water together and cook on medium heat until all the sugar is dissolved. (If you find the mixture getting too dry and that your sugar has not yet dissolved, add a bit more water).
• Add the coconut and mix well.
• Add roasted semolina, cardomom seeds or powder, vanilla essence and mix until well combined and the mixture is ready to set. (Should be quite thick).
• Immediately transfer onto the greased sheet and flatten with the back of your spatula. Cut into any shape you like - (Diamond or square)with a butter knife.You can even use a cookie cutter if you fancy!
• Allow to set and cool completely. It may take about 30-40mins.
• Once cooled, store in an airtight container and enjoy!

EASY COCONUT TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray a 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray,.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs, toffee bits, pecans and melted butter.
• Press into 13 x 9 pan.
• Sprinkle semi sweet morsels evenly over crust.
• Sprinkle with coconut.
• Pour condensed milk over coconut layer.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into bars.