Sunday, December 19, 2010

Coconut Cookies

It has been a long busy week for me. I have been baking non-stop for the past 5 days. There were dozens and dozens of cookies being baked and tons of butter, sugar, flour and eggs used. I am so glad that I am finally done with it and it is going to some happy recipients before Christmas. The cookies I baked are mostly repeats like Walnut Cookies/Hup Toh Sow, Macadamia Chocolate Chips, Festive Meringue Kisses and this Coconut Cookies. Do come back for the Macadamia Chocoloate Chips cookies recipe later.


Ingredients:

250 grm flour
40 grm cornstarch
½ tsp salt
70 grm of dried coconut
180 grm soft butter
1 egg yolk
130 grm sugar
½ tsp vanilla

1. In a mixing bowl, sift flour, cornstarch and salt together and set it aside. Mix in the dried coconut. Line two baking sheet with some parchment paper.
2. Cream butter and sugar until well combined and light. Add in the vanilla, egg yolk and mix well. Fold in the flour mixture and mix well.
3. Roll the cookie dough into a small balls, arrange on the baking sheet and bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 20-25 min or until lightly brown. Cool down completely before storing it in airtight containers.

Note: If the dough is too soft to handle, let it rest in the fridge for half an hour before shaping it.

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #2: Christmas! (Dec 2010) hosted by Passionate About Baking

14 comments:

Cathy said...

These lovely little cookies would be perfect with a cup of tea. I can never pass up anything coconut.

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

This coconut cookie is perfect for CNY too, Thanks for sharing.

Jeannie said...

Looks delicious, and the method simple enough for lazy me:D Thanks!

Lisa Ho said...

hmm... if only I am your next door neighbour ;D... lovely cookies

ann low said...

Lovely coconut cookies. I want to bookmark this for CNY.
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Happy weekend

ReeseKitchen said...

Thanks for sharing this recipe....that will be good for CNY!!

Anonymous said...

Yes, thats what I thought too Reese. Thanks for sharing the recipe Gert. Merry Christmas....

Yen

The Sweetylicious said...

hi (: the cookies resemble kueh bangkit! hahah. thank you for sharing the recipe. definitely going to try for CNY (:

WendyinKK said...

I love cookies with coconut :)
Does it taste like those Danish cookies? There is one that has coconut and currants, right?
Like that?

Anonymous said...

Wow this recipe is awesome. Any way you can post measurements in cups and tablespoons for people like me who are amateurs in the kitchen?

ICook4Fun said...

Cathy, thank you. I love coconut too :)

Sonia, you are welcome.

Jeannie, yes this cookie is very simple to make.

Lisa, I want to be your neighbor too so we can share our food often :)

Anncoo, thanks you.

Reese, you are welcome.

Yen, Merry Christmas to you too.

Sweetylicious, welcome to my blog.

Wendy, It does. Great idea to add currants to it.I will do that the next time I bake this.

Anon, you can refer to the convertion table here. http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Cup-to-Gram-Conversions/Detail.aspx

My Little Space said...

Any of those cookies for me? haha... Just kidding! Everything looks perfectly prepared for the coming celebration. Have fun!
Cheers, Kristy

faithpig said...

These Coconut Cookies look delicious and your entries definitely motivate to bake more. May I find out where I can find reliable dried coconut. Would caster sugar be a good choice for sugars?

ICook4Fun said...

Kristy, for you anytime :)

Faithpig, I am not sure where you live, but if it is in Malaysia you can get dried coconut at any baking supplies stores. All my recipes here used fine sugar/caster sugar.