COCADAS (traditional colombian coconut cookies glutten free)

COLOMBIAN COCADA RECIPE

The cocadas are well known  along  center , South America  and Spain , it is name  different way as : cocada negra ,cocada morena , cocada prieta (brasil), chancacas (Colombian pacific cost) , conservas de coco (venezuela), dulce de coco (puerto rico).

There are different version of this same recipe by adding  or replacing some ingredients  common addition to the recipe are : lemon leaves , lemon juice , butter , egg  common  replacing  are : caramelized sugar  by panela ( also name in other Latino American countries as : raspadura, rapadura, atado dulce, chancaca, empanizao, papelón, piloncillo o panocha ).


INGREDIENTS:

150 gr natural grated  coconut.
150 gr  of  panela
300 ml water.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.In a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat put together the ingredients.

2. Stir  the  ingredients  occasionally  to mix them  uniformly.

3.Leave  the preparation  to  dehydrate until  you can see the  bottom pan really  clean.

4. Once it is done ,  immediately   place spoonfuls of the dough onto a wet silicone sheet and shape with a spoon as you desire.