German Chocolate Icing(For Cake) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cup sugar
1 stick butter
1 cup rich milk
3 egg yolks
1 cup nuts, chopped
4 cups coconut
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

In a saucepan on medium heat, melt butter and sugar. Cook until sugar melts. In a separate bowl, stir milk and egg yolks well. Add milk/egg mixture to the butter/sugar mixture in the saucepan. Continue cooking on medium heat; stirring all the while until icing thickens. Remove from heat; add nuts, coconut, and vanilla. Leftover icing will keep several weeks if sorted in a covered container in the refrigerator.