Cocada (coconut Candy)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 lb fresh grated coconut
• 1/2 lime, juice of

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan combine brown sugar and water.
• 2 simmer gently on low heat until mixture forms a thick syrup. have a cup of cold water ready. drop a little of the boiling syrup into it. when the syrup can be gathered up in the fingers as a soft ball, remove the saucepan from the heat.
• 3 stir in coconut and lime juice immediately.
• 4 turn out on a lightly buttered platter and spread to cool.