White Christmas Recipe

White Christmas is a delicious Christmas time treat for you and your family to make and eat or to wrap in colourful cellophane and give to family and friends as gifts for the holiday seasons.

Ingredients

• 1 cup dry powdered milk
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup mixed fruit
• 1 cup dessicated coconut
• 3 cups rice bubbles
• 250g copha
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Note:

• Mixed fruits can be sultanas, glazed pineapple, glazed apricots or glazed cherries
• Copha - a form of vegetable shortening made from coconut oil. ( a solidified coconut oil)

Method:

• Put the powdered milk, icing sugar, dessicated coconut, rice bubbles and mixed fruits into a bowl.
• Dissolve copha in a saucepan.
• Add vanilla to the copha and pour into the bowl with the other ingredients.
• Press the mixture into a greased biscuit tray.
• Refrigerate until firm
• Cut into squares for serving.

This will make a nice little christmas gift if placed in cellophane and decorated with ribbons. Remember to store them somehwere cool so it doesn't melt.