Coconut Nests
Crisp, buttery cookies made with coconut. Little morsels of heaven
Servings: 30
Ingredients
- 250 gram/1 cup butter room temperature
- 1/2 cup/125ml castor sugar
- 2 cups desiccated coconut
- 1&1/2 cups cake wheat flour you may not need all of it
- glazed cherries for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 160 degrees Celsius. Line 2 cookies sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy using an electric or hand mixer
- Mix in coconut
- Add a little flour at a time until you form a soft dough, pliable dough
- Using a teaspoon or tablespoon, depending on how big you prefer your cookies, scoop a little dough. Roll it into a round ball. Using your thumb or a decorating tool create a thumbprint in the centre and place a piece of cherry or a little jam on top. The cookies will spread out when baked.
- Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 10-15 minutes or until cookies are just starting to turn brown
- Transfer cookies to a cooling rack. Once cool store in an airtight container