COCONUT COOKIES - Real Recipes from Mums

This is one of the easiest recipes for Coconut Biscuits that I've ever made. Quick, with simple ingredients, and not costly either.

Ingredients (makes 30 Biscuits)

125 gm Butter
1 cup Caster Sugar
2 cups Self-Raising Flour
1 Egg
1 cup Coconut
Pinch Salt
Extra Sugar

Method

In a large bowl, cream butter & sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in egg.
Add sifted flour, salt & coconut, and mix well.
Take teaspoonfuls of mixture, roll into balls, & press flat between hands. Dip top of each biscuit in extra sugar.
Place biscuits sugar-side up on a greased oven tray, allowing room for spreading. Bake at 180 deg C for 10-15 minutes, until light golden-brown. Cool biscuits on wire rack.

Notes

This recipe was my Grandmother's, and she always said that she could make them in her sleep, without the recipe, because she'd made them so often. The biscuits are very light and crisp, and so "more-ish" that it's a strong-willed person that can stop at just one biscuit.

72 Comments

- - happymum2018 said
  - 29 Dec 2018
    9:04 pm
I’m keen to try these!! Look like they’re crispy and clave a nice coconut taste

- - ella12 said
  - 08 Aug 2017
    4:24 pm
I love coconut cookies, thank you.

- - mom93821 said
  - 17 Jan 2017
    6:25 am
Coconut cookies are simply sensational – a great coconut flavour.
- mom93821 replied
  
  18 Jan 2017 , 5:37 am
  Perfect cookies to wrap in cellophane and tie with a bow and give as a gift.
- - mom103936 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    3:30 pm
These look nice and simple. I love anything with coconut!

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    6:50 am
These look yummy! Thanks for sharing.

- - rebekah.bone said
  - 26 Jun 2015
    3:10 pm
Yum yum for our tum!

- - smart_ass said
  - 17 Feb 2015
    5:32 pm
these look so light!

- - mel_phillips said
  - 17 Feb 2015
    7:11 am
Love that these are quick and easy, AND look so delicious too!

- - rachkap said
  - 10 Feb 2015
    1:53 am
Everyone in our house loves coconut – thanks

- - aliceou said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    3:59 pm
They are great combinations for cookies.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    2:55 pm
This is one cookie recipe I have not got but I will soon fix that problem. I will print it out!

- - meljware said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    2:46 pm
I love coconut! And these sound so tasty! Thanks for sharing!

- - mom101330 said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:31 pm
Perfect. I have all these ingredients in pantry so these will get baked over the coming weekend. Thank you for sharing.

- - mom90758 said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:29 pm
So easy and quick! I will give them a try. Thanks!!

- - am1979amanda said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:16 pm
Yummy will try this

- - rovermum said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:13 pm
Sounds yummy and so simple. Great for a school or after-school snack, or for when someone drops in for a coffee.

- - patra said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:08 pm
Love recipes that we inherit from Grandparents, they are really special and timeless

- - mom105503 said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:05 pm
Wow these do sound yum and easy to make, I am beginning to make a large list of cookie recipes to try. I hope 8.is works with the gluten free flour.

- - mom64736 said
  - 09 Feb 2015
    1:04 pm
You could use coconut oil to add a special something, something to these too.

- - mom93821 said
  - 05 Jan 2015
    6:47 am
Thanks for sharing this recipe; simply love coconut!