I’ve been wanting to make these gorgeous baskets ever since I saw them in a friends house over the holidays. I was thinking about giving it a twist for Easter by tinting the coconut filling pastel colors and giving it a cute little basket handle. I’ve filled this the traditional way but you can use your imagination! Take a look at how you can switch the look from Christmas to Easter!

These tart shells or canape shells can be used in a sweet preparation like this recipe or you can also use it to fill in with a savory filling. And it has a different texture when baked and when it’s fried as shown below.

Easter Coconut Cordial Baskets

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • 2 cups all purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 tbsps butter
  • 1/2 cup Water or as required
Filling
  • 2 cups sweetened desiccated Coconut
  • 1/2 cup Icing sugar
  • 100 ml sweetened condensed Milk
  • 1-2 tbsps Milk
  • Food colouring as required

Method
 

  1. Add the salt and butter to the flour and work it till crumbly
  2. Add water a little at a time and knead
  3. Cover the dough with cling film and leave it alone for 15 – 20 mins
  4. Roll out the dough till it’s only a few mm thick
  5. Using a 7 cms in diameter cookie cutter cut out circles
  6. Press the dough into the molds and pierce the bottom with a fork or knife
  7. Roll out remaining dough into a rectangle and cut it into 1/2 cm strips
  8. Drape over something that will give it a handle shape
  9. Bake the cases and the handles for 10 – 15 mins till golden brown, remove and cool
  10. Mix the filling ingredients together and heat in the microwave for about 30 secs to help bring it together
  11. Divide the filling into 3 parts, leave one natural and tint the other 2 green and pink
  12. Fill the cases first with the natural, then the green and the pink
  13. While the filling is still soft, insert the handle