Brigadeiro - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (400 g) can sweetened condensed milk
3 tablespoons cocoa (for chocolate flavour) or 1 tablespoon vanilla essence (for coconut flavour)
1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
4 tablespoons desiccated coconut (for coconut flavour)
chocolate sprinkles
desiccated coconut, extra

Preparation

For chocolate flavour: Put condensed milk, butter and cocoa in a saucepan and cook on medium heat, stirring continually until mixture is thick and sticks to the spoon.
Grease a plate well and put the mixture on it. Refrigerate for 30 minute.
Take the plate out and butter your hands well. Taking a teaspoonful at a time with your hands, roll into a small ball and then roll in chocolate sprinkles.
For coconut flavour: Put condensed milk, coconut, vanilla essence and butter in saucepan. Proceed the same as chocolate flavour, only roll in dessicated coconut when done.