Cape Verdian Coconut Candy

Ingredients:

2 lbs. coconut

2lbs. sugar

1/4 burnt sugar or molasses

Grated lemons

Cooking Instructions:

Grate the coconut. Carefully brown the sugar but control for over burning. Then carefully combine coconut and burnt sugar to a little bit of water. Next, add 2 lbs. of sugar and cook. When the mixture is just about done, add lemon and mix. Remove from heat. Next, pound the mixture well for five minutes. Flatten on to buttered surface. Cut out into square or diagonal shapes. Let harden.

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