So Pork Belly’s mumbling and muttering about feeling snackish and, because we try to eat healthily, there’s not a single sweet treat in the house.
What’s a girl to do (using the word girl loosely)?
Why, draw on an old family favourite that delivers within minutes – coconut cookies. This is the best recipe for coconut cookies – quick and easy-to-follow.
It’s tried and tested and has been around for so long, the measurements are imperial.
Simple, and done in a flash. They cool very quickly, so from first mix to mouthful is no more than 30 minutes.
Coconut cookies
Quick and easy cookie recipe with a coconutty boost.
Ingredients
- 4 oz butter or margarine
- 6 oz sugar
- 1 beaten egg
- 3 oz desiccated or tender coconut
- 6 oz self-raising flour.
Instructions
- Give the butter a quick smoosh to make sure it’s soft then add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and mix well.
- Put in half the coconut and all the flour and stir well. The mix should be soft and a bit sticky.
- Form into small balls and roll in the rest of the coconut.
- Place on a greased baking tray and flatten the top slightly.
- Bake in a moderate oven, 190 deg C Gas mark 5 for ten minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.
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Fabulous , gorgeous smells around the house, a really easy recipe to follow.
They taste great, I am afraid that I couldn’t wait for them to cool off before trying them.
Thanks for the recipe
X steve
So glad you liked them Steve. I have to slap Pork Belly’s hands away when I’m baking ’em! They taste good warm, don’t they!
Very nice cookies! However how can I make them less chewy?
Glad you like them. They are a soft, chewy type of cookie but if you want them a little crisper you could try baking them at a lower temperature for a little longer. Let us know how they turn out.
Really easy to make and taste delicious. Make a soft moist cookie.
So glad you liked them Shirley – they are my favourite to make, and I love it when one of MY recipes gets some love. (I let Pork Belly think he’s the real chef!)
Delicious and soooo easy
So glad you like it Lorraine. I don’t do the complicated stuff (I leave that all to Pork Belly) but I love a quick baking treat.