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A classic white Christmas recipe is a simple creature. Crunchy, sweet, packed with dried fruit, rice bubbles (rice Krispies), and desiccated coconut. All held together with a copious amount of Copha.
One of those sweet treats you only need to eat once a year. Get your fix, then you are set for the next 12 months.
It is readily available in the stores around Christmas. But making it yourself using a traditional white Christmas recipe is going to be a far tastier with a superior result.
Ingredients
- Rice Bubbles (Rice Krispies): The crunchy crispy component of the recipe.
- Desiccated Coconut: Adds a wonderful rich coconut flavour, and more texture.
- Milk Powder: Buy good quality milk powder as it is what adds the creamy taste and texture.
- Glace Cherries: Traditionally red is used, but feel free to mix it up with green or a combination of both for a more festive result.
- Copha: Copha is a vegetable fat made from hydrogenated coconut oil. It is the glue that holds the white Christmas recipe together.
- Icing Sugar (Confectioner's Sugar): The sugar component. It dissolves and mixes with the milk powder and heated Copha to create the sweet creamy texture.
- Dried Apricots: The healthy component of the recipe???
- Sultanas: More fruit to warrant eating a second piece.
Recipe Walk Through
Place all ingredients except Copha into a large bowl.
Mix ingredients well, making sure the icing sugar (confectioner's sugar), milk powder, and coconut are evenly mixed together.
Place Copha in a small saucepan and melt.
Pour Copha into bowl with the dry ingredients.
Mix ingredients well ensuring that all the ingredients are mixed and combined with the Copha.
Line a 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inch) lamington/slice tin with baking paper.
Spoon white Christmas recipe mixture into the prepared tin and spread it out evenly. Do not compress it down.
It is ready to go into the fridge to set at this stage. Decorating as below is totally optional, but looks great.
For a more festive result sprinkle with Christmas theme sprinkles. Then place in the fridge to set for a couple of hours.
Alternative Ingredients
- You can swap out the Copha for coconut oil, or another vegetable shortening such as Crisco.
- Use any dried fruit you like, peaches, pears, pineapple, etc.
- Instead of fruit you could use your favourite jelly style lollies. Soft types like red raspberries, but up snakes, etc.
Feel free to play around with the flavours and ingredients you like. Remember that a little white Christmas goes a long way! Good thing it keeps extremely well in the fridge.
Sara xxx
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White Christmas
Recipe Author: Sara McCleary
A classic white Christmas recipe is a simple creature. Crunchy, sweet, packed with dried fruit, rice bubbles (rice Krispies), and desiccated coconut. All held together with a copious amount of Copha.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 5 minutes mins
Fridge Time 2 hours hrs
Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Course Confectionary, Dessert, Slices
Cuisine Australian
Servings 20
Calories 392 kcal
Special Equipment
small saucepan
chopping board + sharp knife
large mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 250 grams Copha
- 75 grams (3 cups) Rice Bubbles
- 75 grams (1 cup) desiccated coconut
- 120 grams (¾ cup) icing sugar
- 125 grams (1 cup) powedered milk
- 100 grams glace cherries
- 80 grams (½ cup) sultanas
- 80 grams (½ cup) dried apricots
Instructions
Line a 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inch) lamington/slice tin with baking paper.
Place all ingredients except Copha into a large bowl.
Mix ingredients well, making sure the icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar), milk powder, and coconut are evenly mixed together.
Place Copha in a small saucepan and melt.
Pour Copha into bowl with the dry ingredients.
Mix ingredients well ensuring that all the ingredients are mixed and combined with the Copha.
Spoon white Christmas recipe mixture into the prepared tin and spread it out evenly. Do not compress it down.
It is ready to go into the fridge to set at this stage. Decorating as below is totally optional, but looks great.
For a more festive result sprinkle with Christmas theme sprinkles. Then place in the fridge to set for a couple of hours.
Measurement Notes
All measurements are Australian metric standard. All measures are level, and cups are lightly packed unless specified. 1 teaspoon = 5ml / 1 tablespoon = 20mls / 1 cup = 250ml /4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.
Recipe Notes
ALTERNATIVE INGREDIENTS
- You can swap out the Copha for coconut oil, or another vegetable shortening such as Crisco.
- Use any dried fruit you like, peaches, pears, pineapple, etc.
- Instead of fruit you could use your favourite jelly style lollies. Soft types like red raspberries, but up snakes, etc.
GENERAL COOK’S NOTES
All oven temperatures are for a conventional oven, if using fan forced lower the temperature by 20 Deg C (70 Deg F).
All measurements are Australian tablespoons and cups. All measures are level, and cups are lightly packed unless specified;
- 1 teaspoon equals 5ml
- 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml (Nth America, NZ & UK use 15ml tablespoons)
- 1 cup equals 250ml (Nth America use 237ml)
- 4 teaspoons equals 1 tablespoon
- I use the below unless specified in my recipes;
Herbs are fresh |Vegetables are of a medium size |Eggs are roughly 60 grams in weight (large)
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
The recipe's nutritional information is an approximation based on an online calculator. It is meant solely for reference purposes. If you're looking for precise details, be sure to double-check with your own research.
Calories: 392kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 4gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 44mgPotassium: 314mgFiber: 2gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 360IUVitamin C: 1.3mgCalcium: 106mgIron: 0.7mg
Keyword classic australian christmas sweets, edible christmas gifts, recipes using copha
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Jack
Ahhhh this brings back childhood memories 🙂Reply
