Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting
Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, coconut pecan candy or frosting. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Coconut Pecan Frosting (aka German Chocolate Cake Frosting) is super easy to make! My husband requests German chocolate cake every year for his birthday. The only thing he likes better than the cake is the coconut pecan frosting.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook coconut pecan candy or frosting using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting:
  1. Prepare For Candy:
  2. Make ready 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  3. Get 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup corn syrup
  5. Take 1 stick real butter
  6. Get 2 cups shredded coconut
  7. Take 1-2 cups pecans. Put as little or many as you like
  8. Make ready 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  9. Get Notes:
  10. Prepare You can drop like a cookie or pour into pan and cut into squares

Our Coconut-Pecan Frosting Recipe is the perfect German chocolate cake icing. Thick, nutty, and delicious, we dare say. A sweet, caramely mix of coconut and pecans that can make you forget there's a whole dessert underneath it. I've never made Coconut Pecan frosting, it's always come from a can.

Instructions to make Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting:
  1. Line a baking sheet or pan with wax or parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In a heavy bottom saucepan, mix sugar, evaporated milk, corn syrup and butter.
  3. On medium high heat, stir until mixture comes to a rolling boil.
  4. Without stirring, let mixture boil 5 minutes or to 235 on a thermometer. Soft ball stage.
  5. After time is up, remove from heat and add vanilla.
  6. Stir then add coconut and pecans.
  7. Stir off heat about 5 minutes until mixture starts to thicken some.
  8. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper lined baking sheets. Or you can pour mixture into pan and cut.
  9. When completely cool, store in layers with wax paper between to keep from sticking.
  10. If using for frosting, let cool stirring occasionally until it thickens and is spreadable. Put in between layers of cake or frost 9x13 cake.

Subbing candied pecans for plain ones since I can't add coconut. It's the yummiest, easiest-ever candy you can mix up in minutes! Toasting the pecans and coconut, plus adding a good dose of salt takes old-school German Chocolate frosting to a whole new delicious level. I increased the amount of pecans and the coconut and toasted both of them for more flavor before mixing them into the cooked sweet milk and egg yolks. Stir in the coconut and the pecans.

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