Bogota Colombian "Cocadas"

Ingredients

250 gr. of grated coconut
1 cup of sugar
4 egg whites
½ cup of condensed milk

Preparation

To beat the egg whites to point snows and to add little by little the sugar in the shape of rain then add the condensed milk mixed with the grated coconut.


1.To form coconut candies with the aid of 2 spoons and to drop them over butter plates of furnace.

2.Taken to the oven preheated of 300°F (180°C) during 15 to 20 minutes approximately.

3.Retire of the furnace, to cool and to come off them the plate.

Around 10 coconut candies

This is candy of conical form, with a base of 5 cm and one height of 5 cm. Is of yellow, white or brown (the color is given by the type of sugar) color and its surface is irregular, forming longitudinal furrows throughout the piece. The weight of the unit is approximately 40 gr.


This a popular candy from the atlantic and pacific Colombian region, but you can find them here in Bogotá.