Dark Chocolate and Coconut Cookies

March 20, 2016

Dark Chocolate and Coconut Cookies

 

Ingredients

• 125g softened unsalted butter
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 2 eggs (at room temperature)
• 2 cups of plain flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 cup of desiccated coconut
• 200g of dark chocolate (good quantity) broken into chunks

 

Method

Preheat your oven to 190◦c. Using either a stand mixer, hand beaters or a whisk cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until the sugar is completely dissolved into the butter and is no longer grainy.  Beat in the eggs one at a time until fully combined. Mix in the flour, baking powder and coconut gently using a spatula and then mix in the chocolate chunks. The mixture will be quiet stiff. Roll into tablespoon sizes balls and place on a large baking tray lined with grease-proof paper.  Place in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until slightly brown and they should spring back with touched. Leave to cool on a cooling rack. Enjoy with a cup of tea. The recipe should make 15 cookies.

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