White Christmas (Australian)

Ingredients
250g Copha (solidified coconut oil) 3 cups rice bubbles 1 cup dessicated coconut 3/4 cup icing sugar 1 cup milk powder 1/4 cup sultanas 30g glacé apricots, chopped 30g glacé pineapple, chopped 30g glacé cherries, chopped 30g mixed peel, optional 30g preserved ginger, optional

Directions
Melt chopped Copha over a gentle heat, combine rice bubbles, dessicated coconut, sifted icing sugar, milk powder and all fruits, mix well. Add melted Copha and mix thoroughly. Press mixture into a lightly greaded and paper-lined Lamington tin. Refrigerate until firm, cut into squares for serving.

NOTE: For a more economical confection, replace the glacé fruits, mixed peel and glacé ginger with 1 cup mixed fruit, keeping the sultanas as well.