Soft Coconut Cookie


Ingredients:
  1. Grated Coconut-1 & 1/2 cup (150 gm)
  2. Crushed Almond/Pecan - 3/4 cup
  3. Egg - 2
  4. Sugar - 3/4 cup (150 gm)
  5. Baking Powder- 1/2 ts
  6. Orange/ Lemon zest - 1 whole orange or lemon
  7. Orange blossom water- 1/2 cup
  8. Powdered Sugar- around 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs to dust on the top.
Procedure:
  1. Place a wax paper or parchment paper on the baking tray. Brush some oil or butter on the paper and set it aside.
  2. Beat the eggs in a bowl. 
  3. Add the crushed nuts, grated coconut, sugar, baking powder and orange zest in the beaten egg and mix all the ingredients well.
  4. Take orange blossom water in a bowl and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in another bowl. Now take one table spoon of the cookie mix in hand, deep it in the orange blossom water, then coat with powdered sugar and then place it on the prepared baking tray. In the similar way place all the cookies. (make sure there is around 1/2 inch gap between the cookies.)
  5. After placing all the cookies on the tray, dust the top with powdered sugar.
  6. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Place the baking tray on the middle rack of the oven and bake the cookie around 10-12 minutes or until the cookie turn to a nice golden brown color.
  7. Take out the cookie from the oven and keep aside to cool down to room temperature. 
  8. Serve your cookie. Keep the left over cookie in a air tight container.
Courtesy: 
Maksuda Hossain
(Portland, Oregon, USA)

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