Coconut Scraps
Ingredients
150 grams of butter ( room temperature)...
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon of oil
2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
1 teaspoon of almond essence
2&1/2 cups of cake flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 cup of dessicated coconut
A few cherries cut into small pieces.
Ingredients
150 grams of butter ( room temperature)...
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon of oil
2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
1 teaspoon of almond essence
2&1/2 cups of cake flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 cup of dessicated coconut
A few cherries cut into small pieces.
Method
In bowl cream/ beat the soft butter and sugar for a minute , next add your egg, oil, Vanilla essence and almond essence and whisk till well combined , about a minute. Next add all your dry ingredients and mix together by hand until a soft dough is formed , if the dough is too sticky just add a little bit flour and mix gently to form a dough . Place in fridge for 10 minutes . Next roll out your dough on a floured surface and gently scrape with a fork up and down to get the rugged surface , use cookie cutter to cut out shapes , gently lift with egg lifter each biscuit and place on a greased baking tray.
Next press the cherry pieces gently in the centre of each cookie and bake in a preheated oven at 180degC for 12 minutes or until you see the edges of the biscuits turn a delicious golden brown . And its that easy .
Tip - if you do not have almond essence , simply just add more vanilla essence .
Delicious.
In bowl cream/ beat the soft butter and sugar for a minute , next add your egg, oil, Vanilla essence and almond essence and whisk till well combined , about a minute. Next add all your dry ingredients and mix together by hand until a soft dough is formed , if the dough is too sticky just add a little bit flour and mix gently to form a dough . Place in fridge for 10 minutes . Next roll out your dough on a floured surface and gently scrape with a fork up and down to get the rugged surface , use cookie cutter to cut out shapes , gently lift with egg lifter each biscuit and place on a greased baking tray.
Next press the cherry pieces gently in the centre of each cookie and bake in a preheated oven at 180degC for 12 minutes or until you see the edges of the biscuits turn a delicious golden brown . And its that easy .
Tip - if you do not have almond essence , simply just add more vanilla essence .
Delicious.
