Olhos de Sogra (Mother-in-law Eyes)
Recipe: #24189
June 26, 2016
Categories: Desserts, Coconut, Plum/Prunes, Portuguese, Gluten-Free, High Fiber, Vegetarian, Condensed Milk, more
"Funny name for a yummy little candy. Simply, they're pitted prunes with a coconut filling. But they do look, scarily, like eyes!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (45.5 g)
- Calories 97.2
- Total Fat - 6.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 3 g
- Cholesterol - 190.9 mg
- Sodium - 26.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 5.4 g
- Protein - 3.3 g
- Calcium - 39.3 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a medium-size heavy saucepan, combine condensed milk, coconut flakes, butter and egg yolks over medium-low heat. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the mixture is thick and you can see the bottom of the saucepan when you drag the spoon across the bottom. About 20 minutes.
Step 2
Remove from heat immediately and pour into a shallow buttered dish. Let cool to room temperature. To make rolling easier, you can refrigerate the mixture.
Step 3
Lightly butter your palms, scoop out the mixture with a teaspoon and roll it into a round but slightly elongated shape. Roll in sugar and set aside.
Step 4
Take a prune and cut a slit lengthwise, but not all the way through. You just want to make room for the coconut filling. Repeat with remaining prunes.
Step 5
Holding a prune, insert the rolled coconut in the opening, being careful to make a good seal between the coconut and the prune. Roll in sugar and set on a plate. Repeat with remaining prunes.
Step 6
If you'd like, you can place each candy in small paper candy cups.
Tips
- Small paper candy cups