Recipe: Tasty Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting

Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting.

You can have Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting

1. Prepare of For Candy:.
2. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of granulated sugar.
3. You need 1/2 cup of evaporated milk.
4. It's 1/2 cup of corn syrup.
5. It's 1 stick of real butter.
6. You need 2 cups of shredded coconut.
7. You need 1-2 cups of pecans. Put as little or many as you like.
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
9. It's of Notes:.
10. Prepare of You can drop like a cookie or pour into pan and cut into squares.

Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting instructions

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..