I'm sharing a recipe for one of my favorite cookies, cocadas. Need a tasty snack or dessert in a hurry? These delicious sweet coconut cookies are easy to make and incredibly tasty
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Peruvian
Keyword coconut, macaroon
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Servings 20
Calories 61kcal
Ingredients
3 ½cupsfresh grated coconut approx 250 g
1egg whiteat room temperature
1can of condensed milk360 ml
¼cupsugar45 g.
1tspvanilla essence
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 100 ° C / 200 ° F. Prepare a baking sheet, covering it with wax paper.
In a mixing bowl, place the grated coconut, condensed milk and vanilla essence. Stir well with a fork, until the coconut is completely moistened with the condensed milk. Reserve.
Then, in an electric mixer, beat the egg white until stiff. When peaks form, add the sugar, and continue beating until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Remove the mixer, and into the same bowl where the white is on the verge of snow, add the coconut mixture with condensed milk. Stir for a couple of minutes until you get a smooth, frothy mixture.
Using a 1-scoop, place batter balls on the baking sheet. Cocadas are usually a little misshapen, and they flatten a bit during cooking, so don't worry.
Bake on low heat for an hour. When your cocadas are well browned, turn off the oven, and leave them there to rest for an hour until they cool.
Remove the tray from the oven, and carefully remove them. Store them in a clean, dry place at room temperature.