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Recipe: Brigadeiro– Brazilian Traditional Dessert
Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 10-15 minutes (plus 1 hour for cooling) | Serves: 18My prayer is that family members, friends, and even strangers will find not only sage harbor around your table, but also the attributes of Christ Himself.
Chocolate Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 3 tablespoons powdered cocoa
- 2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
- Chocolate sprinkles for rolling
Directions
- Combine sweetened condensed milk, cocoa and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, until brigadeiro mixture thickens and pulls away from the bottom and sides when the pan is tilted, 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let brigadeiro mixture cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
- Scoop teaspoonfuls of the brigadeiro mixture and roll into balls with greased hands.
- Spread chocolate sprinkles on a shallow plate. Dip and roll brigadeiros in sprinkles.
Coconut: Brigadeiro de Coco Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 7 ounces coconut, shredded and unsweetened
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
- Crystal sugar for rolling
Directions
- Combine sweetened condensed milk, coconut, egg yolk and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, until coconut brigadeiro mixture thickens and pulls away from the bottom and sides when the pan is tilted, 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let coconut brigadeiro mixture cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
- Scoop teaspoonfuls of the coconut brigadeiro mixture and roll into balls with greased hands.
- Spread crystal sugar on a shallow plate. Dip and roll coconut brigadeiros in sugar.
Excerpted with permission from “A Place at the Table” by Kelly Minter. © 2019, B&H Publishing Group.