Limbers de Coco

Mama getting her one armed Skype on!

Mama's bum arm has come with quite a few silver linings [some of which I'm sure I'm not even aware of yet], one being...drumroll please...new recipes!  Yaaay silver lining!  Since I have essentially moved back in until further notice, I am now playing part time chef and part time nurse.  Part time chef comes with its perks, the following recipe being one...you're welcome... in advance.

Limbers are Puerto Rico's version of a flavored icy.  These amazing cups of cool, sweet goodness don't come in your average flavors though.  Coconut, sesame, guanabana [soursop], and crema [cream] are just a few of the most popular.  Mama and Papa use to run a store from a renovated garage in the same house she still lives in.  The neighborhood would come for various grocery/snack items, one of the most popular being her limbers.

Recently, Mama had some visitors from New York, a step-daughter and her husband...and they absolutely love her coconut limbers.  Apparently, every time they come to visit Mama has a freezer full waiting for them.  Since she's got one arm down, the neighbor and I joined forces and became Mama's sous chefs.  In doing so, I got this amazingly simple recipe...and now, so do you! Mmmm icy....

Tools/Ingredients:
- Pot
- Plastic cups
- Can opener
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 bottle of coconut syrup
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 1 can of coconut milk
- Water [use the empty syrup bottle to measure]
- Cinnamon [optional]

Step 1:
- pour the coconut milk, syrup and water into the pot

Step 2:
- add vanilla and sugar

Step 3:
- mix with a big spoon so that the sugar does not settle at the bottom of the pot
- add cinnamon, extra sugar, etc to taste [optional]

Step 4:
- Fill cups and place in freezer
- once frozen garnish with cinnamon [optional]
-ENJOY!

Enjoy!