Sandy's Strawberry Candy Cookies

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   Read the whole recipe before starting, and set everything out that you will need before starting.

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   When you have everything ready, combine Jello, pecans, coconut.

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   Mix well.

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   Add in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.

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   Stir to form a ball of dough.

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   Cover and chill 1/2 to 1 hour or longer.

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   Place about 50-60 of the slivered almonds in a jar with a lid, add 15-20 drops of green food color, and shake the closed jar until the color is evenly distributed and the almonds are colored green.

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   These will be your strawberry stems.

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   Cover your cookie sheet or tray with waxed paper.

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    Remove 1/2 of dough, leave the rest covered.

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    Shape by tablespoonful into a ball then add a point on one end and flatten the other end to get the approximate shape of a strawberry.

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    With the red and green sugars on separate saucers or pie pans, roll the pointed end in the red sugar, then dip the flat end in the green sugar.

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    Insert a green slivered almond into the middle of the green sugared flat side of the strawberry.

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    Set the finished berry on the wax paper.

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    and start over shaping your next strawberry.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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