Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Walnut Drops

This recipe was thought to my mother forty years ago, when she was in her 10th grade by her teacher. She never really made these sweets until much later on in her life, now its an every year Christmas Special that sells like hotcakes.

Walnut Drops are relatively easy to make with a few common ingredients, but it would require some patience.

Ingredients:

1 Tin Condensed Milk
1 Cup Fresh Milk
1 ½ Cup Sugar
½ to 1 Cup Walnuts
2 Table spoons Cocoa Powder
1 Table Spoon Butter
A Cap full of Vanilla Essence

Procedure:

Put the fresh milk on the fire and let it boil till half.
Fresh Milk
Add the sugar and stir occasionally till it dissolves.
Add Sugar to Milk
Once all the sugar has dissolved add the condensed milk.
Nestle Condensed Milk Tin
Pouring Condensed Milk
Stir continuously till you find the mixture nice and thick.
Mother Stirring her Magic
Add the cocoa powder to the mixture and stir till its mixed evenly.
Cocoa Powder
Add Cocoa to the Mixture
After its evenly mixeed you can add the walnuts.
Shelled Walnuts
Drop the Walnuts in the Mixture
Just before taking the drops off the fire add some vanilla essence and one table spoon of butter.
Vanilla Essence
Add a Cap Full of Vanilla Essence
Drop spoonfuls of the mixture on a greased tray.
Making Drops of Walnut Mixture
Remove spoonfuls to create drops
Leave it overnight or as required till they dry.
Walnut Drops Drying
Ready Walnut Drops
Eat them or pack them everyones going to enjoy them!
Packed Walnut Drops

11 comments:

Audrey Mesquita e Vaz said...

Yum! Yum! My mouth is watering just reading about it....I am sure going to love the taste of this!!

Anonymous said...

I have taken most of the recipes and im sure they are going to taste better then what i make coz, im a good cook myself.. but your step by step instructions and the photos make it look so appetising.. tks

Pramila D'Sa Fernandes said...

hey great reciepie with some amazing illustrations
u guys are doing some great job
keep up the good work!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi! Thanks a lot, I tried it for Christmas and it was an absolute perfect one, my son was the most happiest one he just couldn't stop smiling and thinking that I made chocolate in the house, we all enjoyed it. Thank you again.

Louise Sequeira said...

Hey there

I tried this receipe yesterday and it turned out really great !!

Enjoyed...making it , it was simply well explained...

I am also looking for Neuri receipe ...if possible can you please post that as well.

Thank you so much .

Louise Sequeira

Faye said...

Great and easy recipe.......and the illustration helps a lot.....thanks

sherlyn said...

Hello,
Nice site,good presentation of the recipes.I tried making the walnut drops,it tasted good however I was not able to thicken the mixture..I t became semi thick so finally refrigerated the drops .Can you pls suggest what went wrong and/or the approx time frame to continue stirring.Thanks for the site..
Regards,
Sherzen

Clyde said...

@ Sherzen

its tough to get the walnut drops or any goan sweet at the first go, it all comes with practice.

You probably needed to keep it on the fire for longer till it hardened up.

To know when its ready, you need to take a little out and drop it in some water, if it hardens its ready to be taken out.

If not you need to keep stirring, Im sure you will get it with your next attempt! Be patient and all the best :)

Anonymous said...

Hi, I tried making the walnut drops,it tasted good however I was not able to completely dissolve the sugar. Can you pls suggest what went wrong .Thanks for the site..
Regards,
Lavina

Clyde said...

@ Lavina

you need to dissolve the sugar before you proceed with adding the condensed milk as mentioned in the recipe, keep stirring, follow the recipe

Lilia said...

I've tried the milk cream receipe and it turned out awesome. The tip on testing the consistency in water really helped a lot

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