Coconut Cookies are a tasty, crunchy, and simple sweet snack recipe that can be made easily at home. These cookies also called biscuits are popular around the world. These quick and easy coconut cookies are made with minimal ingredients like coconut flakes, flour, sugar, and butter. Coconut cookies are a great treat for all sweet lovers. It tastes best with a cup of milk, tea, or coffee.
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What are Coconut Cookies?
Coconut cookies are an appetizing one-bowl snack dish in which coconut flakes, flour, egg, milk, baking powder, butter, and sugar are used to make a dough. The dough is shaped and then baked at a high temperature to crispy cookies. It is a popular snack all around the world.
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Coconut Cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cup Coconut Flakes, dry
- 1½ cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 cup Butter, at room temperature
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 3 tbsp Milk
Instructions
To Prepare Coconut Cookies
- In a glass bowl, add butter, and sugar, and cream them using a whisker or electric hand mixer until it turns fluffy and pale in color
- Now add all-purpose flour, 1 cup of coconut flakes, baking powder, and cardamom powder
- Combine all the ingredients gently without kneading
- Add milk gradually to form a soft dough
- Now take a small portion of the dough and shape it into a circular flat shape. It doesn't need to be a perfectly circular shape, so ease yourself while shaping the dough
- Now coat the shaped cookie dough with the remaining coconut flakes
- Place the shaped cookie dough in a greased plate or baking tray 2 inches apart. This helps to give room to expand the dough while it is baked
To Bake in oven
- Place the baking tray in the preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for about 12 to 15 minutes or until the cookies turns golden in color
- Once the cookies are done, remove them from the oven and allow them to cool down completely
To Bake in the Kadai/Pan
- Place the stand inside Kadai/pan and heat it in medium flame for about 10 minutes with the lids closed
- Remove the lid, place the plate filled with shaped cookie dough inside the Kadai or pan
- Close the lid and bake the cookies for about 30 to 40 minutes or until the coconut cookies turns golden in color
- Remove the cookies from the Kadai and allow them to cool down completely
To Serve
- Serve the delicious Crunchy Coconut Cookies as it is or with a cup of milk, tea or coffee
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Chef's Notes and Tips
- The key to getting a perfect crunchy coconut cookie is to use dry coconut flakes or desiccated coconut. So please use it appropriately
- Always cream the butter and sugar until it turns smooth and pale. This helps to achieve crispy cookies
- I have used store brought dry unsweetened coconut flakes, but it can also be replaced with freshly grated coconuts. But make sure to dry roast it in a pan before adding them into the recipe
- I have used granulated sugar here, but feel free to use powdered sugar which makes the creaming process a little easier
- Coating the shaped cookie dough with coconut flakes gives a perfect crunchy outer layer after its baked
Nutrition Info
Disclaimer
We’re not nutrition experts. Nutritional info is estimated and should be used as a guide. For precise details, consult a professional.
Variations
Coconut cookies are a common and popular snack that has a lot of variations. Usually, these cookies are made with dried coconut flakes, eggs, flour, milk, butter, sugar, and baking powder. Though the egg is the main ingredient in bakery-style cookies, it can also be skipped to make eggless coconut cookies.
To make this coconut cookie extra flavorful, people would add nuts like almonds, pistachio, oatmeal, and pecan to the recipe. The cookies are dipped in melted chocolate or coconut glaze for a more rich and unique flavor in other variations. Cardamom powder can also be added to the recipe to enhance the cookies' taste and replace the chocolates.
Traditionally, these coconut cookies are made with all-purpose flour, but they can also be made with whole wheat flour to make them healthier. To enjoy the vegan-friendly version of this recipe, the butter can be replaced with vegan butter or coconut oil and milk with coconut milk.
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