Coconut Cookies

Back again with a sweet goodie.  This time its cookies.  A wonderful snack for tea-time or just cookies and milk.  I am sure cookie lovers need no excuse to eat them.  This recipe is for keeps.  I got this recipe while I was just surfing through the channels on TV.  I have altered the recipe a little to suit our taste-buds. Another variation that I have done is given it a coconut flavour and believe me it tastes awesome.  A must try.  You can make them and store it in air-tight containers.  I have made them just round.  But you can get your kiddies to cut out shapes and involve them too. So shall we get right to making the cookies.

INGREDIENTS:

Butter	3 tbsp
Sugar	50 gms
Flour	125 gms
Dessicated coconut	3 tbsp
Buttermilk	¼ cup
Baking soda	¼ tsp
Baking powder	½ tsp

METHOD:

1.      Sieve together flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.  Add butter to it and rub it well, so that you get a crumb like mixture.

2.      Add the dessicated coconut to it and mix well again.  Add buttermilk and bring it together.

3.      Add icing sugar to this dough and knead again.  Kneading with just your finger-tips all the while.

4.      If you find that the dough is too soft you could at this stage, keep the dough in the fridge (for half an hour).

5.      After half an hour, roll out the dough on a floured surface and make cut them into desired shapes.  At the same time keep the oven for pre-heating.  Preheat @ 175° C for 5-7 minutes.

6.      Bake them for 10-12 minutes, until they get a light golden brown colour.

7.      Once cooled keep them in an air-tight container.

 

NOTES:

1.      You would get approximately 20 25 cookies with this recipe.  But that completely depends on the size you make them. 

2.      Mine took around 15 minutes to bake.  But since it depends from oven to oven pl do keep a check after 10-12 minutes

3.      You could play around and give them flavours of your choice.  Be it choco-chip, cashew-nut or any other variation that you would like to eat.