Cocos From Brazil

Name: Cocos From Brazil
Yield: Makes about 18 1-inch cookies
Ingredients: 3½-ounce can (1⅓ cups) flaked coconut; 4 to 5 tablespoons sweetened condensed (not evaporated) milk; ½ teaspoon almond extract; About 18 candied cherries, or squares of candied orange peel, or halves of almonds or pecans; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes about
18
1 inch cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies

By Helen Witty

Published 1983

About

In Brazil they’ve got an awful lot of coconut as well as the coffee in the song, and they like to make quick-as-a-flash cookies from the shredded flesh plus sweetened condensed milk. Cocos are ready to eat in a very few minutes—they’re even good warm from the oven—but they keep their toothsomeness for weeks if stored in a cool place.

Ingredients

3½-ounce can (1⅓ cups) flaked coconut
4 to 5 tablespoons sweetened condensed (not evaporated) <

Vegetarian
Cookies
Gluten-free

Method

preheat the oven to 325°F, with an oven rack in the center position. Grease a baking sheet lightly.
Spread the coconut on a chopping surface and chop it briefly with a few strokes of a big knife or a cleaver, just enough to reduce the particles to abou