Eggless coconut cookies

Crispy, buttery cookies loaded with desiccated coconut and topped with crispy coconut flakes.

 

Yield : 14 Cookies
Recipe Source : http://www.spiceupthecurry.com/eggless-coconut-cookies-recipe/

Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup All purpose flour
• 1 and 1/2 Teaspoon Corn flour
• 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• a big pinch of salt
• 1/4 Cup desiccated coconut + 2 Tablespoons to top the cookies
• 1/3 Cup unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1/2 Cup Icing sugar  / confectioner's sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 160 C /  320 F
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside
3. In a large mixing bowl, add all purpose flour, baking soda, salt and corn flour. Mix everything
4. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar together until the mixture is creamy and pale
5. Add vanilla extract and stir in
6. Now  add the flour mixture to the butter and using a spatula mix everything. This mixture will be quite dry
7. Using hands, bring together the mixture in to a ball
8. Divide the ball into 14 equal sized balls
9. Gently flatten the balls and press desiccated coconut in the center of each cookie
10. Arrange the cookies on the lined cookie sheet and bake at 160 C for 25 minutes or until the edges are crispy and golden
11. Let the cookies cool in the sheet for 10 minutes, then remove them and cool in a wire rack
12. Store in airtight container