Ahu (Coconut Candy)

Ingredients

• •1 medium coconut, grated
• •1 cup sugar
• •3 drops food coloring, red a favorite
• •1/4 cup water
• •1 to 2 drops lemon extract (optional)

Directions

1. 1Squeeze out the milk from the coconut, mix with sugar, water, coloring and flavoring in a sauce pan, cook until a soft ball forms in cold water, adding coconut slowly until all the liquid is absorbed and the mixture is dry to the touch.
2. 2Cook over slow heat for about a 1/2 hour or so then press into a buttered pan. Cool and cut into bite sizes.