Craisin And Coconut Biscuits

6 Mar 2009

Craisin And Coconut Biscuits
 
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I baked a batch of these simple biscuits last week to replenish my dwindling cookie supply. They were meant to be chewy cookies but I was preoccupied and left out the egg in the recipe. It turned out to be a good thing. The omission of egg actually made these biscuits crunchy and they lasted longer without going soggy. The craisins looked beautiful and the coconut added a lovely texture to the biscuits.  Chilling is a must as there is virtually nothing binding the dough together other than the butter and maybe a wee bit of cornstarch present in the icing sugar.

 
 

 

Craisin & Coconut Biscuits

[Preparation Time: 10 mins/Chilling Time: 30 minutes/Baking Time: 15 minutes/Makes 30]

 

Ingredients

200g butter, softened
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
1 ¾ cups plain flour, sifted
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ cup craisins [dried cranberries]
½ cup dessicated coconut a pinch of salt

 

Method
 Preheat oven to moderately slow 170oC. Grease cookie sheet and line with baking paper.

 Beat butter, extract and icing sugar  in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the craisins and coconut. Mix gently. Stir in the sifted flour, soda and salt.
 
Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Roll level tablespoons of the chilled dough into balls; place on the cookie sheet 3 cms apart. Bake for about 15 minutes. Cool biscuits on a wire rack and store in an air-tight container for upto 3 weeks.

 

 

Sneh Roy is a Designer, Blogger, Thinker, Mum, Illustrator, Foodie, Food Stylist, Photographer & Cook. Writing from Sydney in Australia, Sneh is the Principal Tastemaker & Storyteller at Cook Republic. In those non food obsessed moments, she designs wacky characters, logos and websites. Take a peek at her fabulous design blog LBOI and the eye candy portal Stars We Love. Read more about Sneh.


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4 Responses to “Craisin And Coconut Biscuits”

  1. Christie @ Fig & Cherry 06. Mar, 2009 at 8:49 pm #

    Lovely photo’s! I’m terrible at making biscuits, but these are a lovely combination of flavours, I must give them a try :P

    Reply
  2. Emily 07. Mar, 2009 at 12:14 am #

    These cookies look delicious! And such beautiful pictures!

    Reply
  3. Shweta Jain 21. Oct, 2010 at 4:06 pm #

    My all time favorite.

    Reply

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