Here I was in my favourite grocer`s buying fresh farm produce and my eyes suddenly lingered for a moment on the baking aisle. It had been quite some time since I had baked as I had a very difficult time eating whatI had cooked through my pregnancy. I ventured in to the aisle, even as I heard my husband`s voice letting me know that It was time for us to leave. As I was walking unhurriedly, my eyes fell on a pack of Sweetened Coconut Flakes. Bingo…I knew I was looking for something exciting, and different….never realised that it could be from sweetened coconut flakes. Coconuts are a blessing for me as I love them in all forms – Fresh grated coconut for easy palakkad cuisine cooking, tender coconut water to be had as and when one felt thirsty, dessicated coconuts for baking, sweets and of course BAKING!!! I had seen Bobby Flay create a southern coconut cake with 7 layers and I was wondering on the taste. Another of my favourite chocolates – Almond Joy with sweet coconut filling!!! I had also recently chanced on Ria`s Peanut Cookies, so I wanted to replace the peanuts with Almonds and throw in a handful of coconut flakes…Here goes this easy breezy recipe…
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup All Purpose Flour.
1/2 cup melted margarine.
1/2 cup Almonds pulsed to a coarse texture.
1/2 cup sugar.
A handful of sweetened coconut flakes.
PREPARATION:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. The preparation hardly takes any time so you would need sufficient time for heating the oven to bake the cookies.
- Start with melting the margarine simply by popping it in the microwave for 20 seconds. If you fall short of the 1/2 cup thats needed simply top it up with canola oil.
- Pour this in to a mixing bowl.
- Add the sugar, pulsed almonds and the flour.
- Lastly add the coconut flakes. This is completely optional.
- Use your hands and bring the dough together. The margarine helps in holding the mixture really well.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and keep ready.
- Take lime sized balls of the dough and flatten them between your palms. Place them 1 inch apart on the cookie sheet.
- Continue until the dough is exhausted and neatly lined on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes. Do not allow the cookies to get too brown.
- Allow to cool for 20 minutes and enjoy crunchy Coconut Almond Biscuits with your favourite cuppa.
- A quick snack for guests and for kids alike!!! NO ONE CAN EAT JUST ONE!!!
Anubhavati -Tastes from my kitchen 
My kind of cookies-crunchy. I love coconut in cookies.
Looks simple but yet delicious. Must be very flavourful. I love coconut in cooking and baking.
woooow….looks yummy!!!
Woww wat a scrumptious and fantastic biscuits..
hi Anubhavati,
Hope u r doing good 🙂 Happy woman’s day to u!!
The cookies remind me of nankatai…..neways, I love coconut too. It’s flavour is truly a blessing to the dishes it goes into.
nice detailed post and neat pics as always:)
TC
this looks so tasty and quite handy ingredients. A quickie and true that no one really cant eat just one.. wonderful clicks..
coconut biscuits look yum..just like the iyengar bakery ones!
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hey, will surely make this. Can I not use butter?
wow! those biscuits are really tempting! can almost taste those!
These look so crunchy and brown. I too love the flavour of coconuts.
oh sure you can laks…its just that butter might take a little more time to melt uniformly. Use butter for extra richness.
Looking cute and crunchy.
gonna bake these biscuits right now.i simply love coconut and the sound of a crunch.
Hi
I love your recipies…. I too would like to try my hands on Baking cookies/cakes, however I do not have an oven, just the microwave. Is there a way i could do the biscuits in a microwave?
Jyo
Hi Shoba… tried ur coconut biscuit. Came out very well. My husband loved it. Thank you for the yummy recipe.
Ur doing too good in ur receipes…Hats off!!!
hi, cookies is looking to yummy,i had a doubt at what temperature want to bake the cookie for 12minit.plz tel me.and plz tel me some other cookies.