Coconut biscuits recipe

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Looking for biscuit recipes, coconut biscuit recipes, easy biscuit recipes, quick biscuit recipes, coconut recipes or teatime treat recipes? Coconut is extremely sweet and high in fat - but everyone deserves a tasty teatime treat every now and again!

coconut biscuits
  • Vegetarian
  • healthy
Makes15–20
SkillEasy
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time15 mins -20
Total Time30 mins
Cost RangeCheap
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories74 Kcal4%
Sugar1.5 g2%
Fat5.7 g8%
Saturated Fat3.9 g20%
Salt0.09 gRow 4 - Cell 2
Protein0.6 g1%
Carbohydrates5.2 g2%
Salt0.09 gRow 7 - Cell 2

Everyone deserves a tasty teatime treat every now and again and these sweet, coconut biscuits are the perfect recipe - and ready in no time!

Ingredients

  • 100g (4oz) butter, softened
  • 25g (1oz) cornflour
  • 75g (3oz) plain flour
  • 25g (1oz) icing sugar
  • 50g (2oz) desiccated coconut

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Method

  1. Mix the butter with the cornflour, plain flour and icing sugar, using your fingers. Form into small balls and roll each one in the desiccated coconut.
  2. Place the balls well apart on a lined baking sheet and press down lightly with the back of a fork. Bake at 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4) for 15-20 mins until golden.
Top Tip for making Coconut biscuits

Top tip: To ensure the biscuits cook evenly, make sure they're all the same size and shape.

Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies