Religious Recipes - Coconut Pyramids

Coconut pyramids from Jewish recipe

Coconut Pyramids

Because yeast products are removed from the house during Passover, ordinary cakes are not eaten. However, coconut pyramids provide a deliciously sweet alternative, as we found out at our Open Evening in October 2003. The pyramid shapes are a reminder of the time when the Hebrew ancestors of the Jews were slaves in Egypt. Of course, the famous pyramids at Giza would have been some thousand years old even when they were there.

Ingredients

Vegetable oil
225 g of dessicated coconut
140 g caster sugar
2 eggs

Heat the oven before starting to a temperature of 190°C (Gas Mark 5)
Mix all the coconut, sugar and eggs together in a bowl until the mixture is of an even consistency
Make small, four-sided pyramid shapes (about 2 inches by 2 inches square)
Place the pyramids onto a baking tray which has been previously greased with the vegetable oil, put in the oven and bake until just golden brown. This should take about 15 minutes.

G. Jones:
The FitzWimarc School, Rayleigh, Essex.