Coconut Pralines

3 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups coconut meat (grated)
1/2 tbsp. butter
1 cup evaporated milk
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Bring (all over) boil sugar, coconut meat, and milk.
Cook to soft ball stage (240 on candy thermometer)
Remove from heat, add butter and sugar.
Drop in small mounds on waxed paper on greased cookie sheet.
Makes 3 dozen.

Gerri Bourgeois