Coconut Butter Cookies
Recipe Published: December 14, 2020 | Updated: June 3, 2021
Written by: Jasma
RECIPE BREAKDOWN
Difficulty: simple! | Time note: Freeze piped cookies for 5-10 mins before baking | Oven preheating needed: 350°F / 175°C | Serving: makes 30 cookies
INGREDIENTS
Dough:
165 g (3/4 cup) soften unsalted butter
75g g (3/4 cup) icing sugar
25 g (1/2) large beaten egg
140 g (1 1/4 cup) all-purpose flour
30 g (¼ cup) corn starch
50 g (½ cup) desiccated coconut
1/4 tsp salt
Decor:
Melted white chocolate
More desiccated coconut
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Piping bag
Star tip
LET’S BEGIN!
Dough
1. Beat the softened unsalted butter and icing sugar with an electric mixer until pale in colour and fluffy.
2. Add the beaten egg into the butter mixture and mix until combined.
3. Whisk together the all-purpose flour, cornstarch, desiccated coconut, and salt.
4. Combine the dry ingredients with the butter mixture.
5. Load the cookie dough into a piping bag.
6. Pipe the dough onto a lined baking tray.
Bake
7. Freeze the piped cookies for 5-10 minutes before baking in a preheated oven at 350°F/175°C for 8 minutes.
Decorate
8. To decorate, drizzle some melted white chocolate onto the cooled cookies and top it off with some desiccated coconut before it sets.