Coconut Scraps

Cape Malay Cooking with Fatima Sydow Ingredients 150 grams of butter ( room temperature) 1 cup of sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon of oil 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence 1 teaspoon of almond essence( optional) 2&1/2 cups of cake flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 cup of dessicated coconut A few cherries cut into small pieces. Method In bowl cream/ beat the soft butter and sugar for a minute , next add your egg, oil, Vanilla essence and almond essence and whisk till well combined , about a minute. Next add all your dry ingredients and mix together by hand until a soft dough is formed , if the dough is too sticky just add a little bit flour and mix gently to form a dough . Place in fridge for 10 minutes . Next roll out your dough on a floured surface and gently scrape with a fork up and down to get the rugged surface , use cookie cutter to cut out shapes , gently lift with egg lifter each biscuit and place on a greased baking tray. Next press the cherry pieces gently in the centre of each cookie and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 12 minutes or until you see the edges of the biscuits turn a delicious golden brown . And its that easy .

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