Coconut Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Ghee semi solid
- ½ cup Powdered Sugar
- ½ cup Wheat Flour
- ½ cup All-purpose Flour
- ½ cup Dry Coconut/ Desiccated Coconut grated
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
Instructions
Cookies
- In a bowl add ghee, sugar and mix it well. After mixing whip them together for 4-5 minutes.
- Once fluffy add wheat flour, all-purpose flour, dry/desiccated coconut, baking powder and bind everything together to make a dough.
- Divide the dough in 11-12 equal parts and make small balls of it.
- After making balls flatten the balls a little bit then coat in dry coconut from all the sides.
- After coating press the cookies gently for coating to stick on it.
Baking without Oven
- Place a cauldron/kadai on medium high heat. Put a stand in center, cover and heat for 10 minutes for preheating.
- Take a metal plate, line it with aluminum foil and grease it well with ghee.
- Place 5-6 cookies in the metal plate as cookies require space while they are cooking.
- Place the plate carefully on the stand, cover and cook on the lowest flame for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes flip the cookies gently, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes more.
- After 2 minutes flip them again and check if they have turned light brown.
- Once cooked turn off the heat, let the cookies rest for 10 more minutes while partially covering the cauldron.
- After 10 minutes transfer it on a netted plate and let it cool down completely.
Baking in an Oven
- Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree Celsius. Line the baking tray with aluminum foil and grease it well with ghee. .
- Place the cookies on it and bake at 180 degree Celsius for 12-15 minutes on the middle rack
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Notes
Shilpi’s Quick Tricks
- If you are using dry coconut then remove the skin and then grate it.
- Make sure you are using baking powder and not baking soda.
- Don’t knead the dough just mix it well.
- You can use lemon juice instead of vinegar.
- If not cooked properly then cook for a few more minutes on lowest flame.
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