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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 2 Minutes |
Ready In: 17 Minutes Servings: 18 |
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An old family favorite that is delicious and irresistible. This old fashioned recipe is one that is always requested to be on the Christmas goodie tray. A great hit at the potlucks. Ingredients:
8 -10 graham wafers, for bottom |
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine |
1 cup brown sugar |
1/4 cup milk |
1 beaten egg |
1 cup graham wafer crumbs |
1 cup coconut |
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped |
8 -10 graham wafers, for top |
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened |
2 cups icing sugar |
2 tablespoons milk |
1 -1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla |
Directions:
1. BASE- Line bottom of a 9x9 pan or 6 1/2 x 10 pan with graham wafers, cutting to fit if necessary.
2. FILLING- In pot add butter or margarine, sugar, milk, and beaten egg.
3. CAREFULLY bring to a boil, then turn down heat, stirring all the while until well dissolved and begins to thicken.
4. Take off heat, add the Graham Wafer crumbs, coconut and the walnuts.
5. Spread on base, top with the Graham Wafers cutting to fit if necessary and frost with white Butter Icing.
6. WHITE BUTTER ICING.
7. Cream butter, add the milk and vanilla.
8. Add icing sugar gradually to mixture until you have a nice spreading consistency adding more if needed.
9. NOTE- When frosting the cake I use just enough icing to nicely cover the cake.
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