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      Recipe: Brigadeiro– Brazilian Traditional Dessert
Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 10-15 minutes (plus 1 hour for cooling) | Serves: 18
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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.