Old Fashioned Coconut Ice Squares
This old fashioned coconut ice recipe follows the traditional method of combining boiled sugar syrup and shredded coconut to create a soft, sweet bite.
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 25 grams salted butter
- 3/4 cups shredded coconut
- 5 drops red food coloring
Combine icing sugar, milk and butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan
Stir continuously over a low heat until powdered sugar is completely dissolved and butter melted
Increase heat to medium and bring mixture to a boil. Do not stir
Boil until the mixture reaches soft ball stage or 235 F on a candy thermometer
Remove the pot from the heat
Dump coconut on top of sugar mixture and set aside to cool for 10 minutes. Do not stir
Once cool, stir in the coconut
Add 1/2 of the mixture to another bowl and add the food coloring
Beat the colored mixture until it starts to thicken then immediately pour into a parchment lined pan
Beat the remaining 1/2 of the mixture until thick and spread over top of the pink layer
Allow to completely cool then cut into squares
An 8 x 4" loaf pan is the perfect size for this recipe. If you do not have an 8 x 4" loaf pan you can use an 8 x 8" pan and spread the mixture over half of the surface as I have in the pictures in the above post