Coconut pinwheels
No-cook coconut fudge rolled into two-colour swirls
Coconut pinwheels are a pretty no-cook sweet: a soft dough of desiccated coconut, milk powder and icing sugar is split, half coloured, rolled together into a swirl and sliced. They're sweet, coconutty and great fun for children to help make. Makes about 60 slices, perfect for party platters.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 20
Ingredients
- 6 ½ oz icing sugar1½ cups
- 4 ½ oz milk powder1¼ cups
- 8 oz desiccated coconut2½ cups
- ¼ cup milkapproximately; as needed
- food colouringpink or red, a few drops
- 7 oz cooking chocolate (optional)melted, for the layered option
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Sieve 6 ½ oz icing sugar and 4 ½ oz milk powder into a bowl. Add 8 oz desiccated coconut and mix well.
Step 2: Add ¼ cup milk a little at a time and knead into a soft dough. Divide it into two equal parts.
Step 3: Leave one part white and knead a few drops of food colouring into the other.
Step 4: On cellophane or baking paper, roll out each portion into a rectangle 6 mm thick, both the same size.
Step 5: Place the coloured rectangle on top of the white one. Starting from one end, roll them up tightly into a log, using the paper to help. Wrap and refrigerate overnight.
480 minStep 6: Slice the log into 6 mm pinwheels. Keep in an airtight box in the fridge.
Step 7: Layered option: divide the dough into three, leave one white and colour the other two differently. Stack the three rectangles in a tray with the white one in the middle, refrigerate overnight, then coat with 7 oz cooking chocolate and cut into shapes when set.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 150 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 17 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does coconut pinwheels take?
- About 30 minutes in total.
- How many people does it serve?
- 20 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of icing sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of milk?
- Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).
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