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Butter Coconut Cookies




 Butter coconut cookies are fast and easy to prepare. It is sweet and buttery with wonderful taste and flavor of coconut which you will surely enjoy. It looked rather simple and plain, so I gave it a touch of chocolate..you can use any kind of frosting you like.

Ingredients
 All purpose flour- 2 cups
Coconut flakes- 3/4 cup 
Unsalted butter- 3/4 cup( one and one half stick)
Baking soda- 1/2 tsp
Salt- 1/3 tsp
Granulated sugar-  1 cup
Egg  - 1
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp


Combine and shift flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside.
Bring butter to room temperature and in a large mixing bowl  beat butter until creamy and add in sugar and beat with a hand mixer or a stand mixer till soft and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and continue beating. Finally add flour and coconut and ix till incorporated. It will be in the for of a smooth dough.  Cover it and into the refrigerator for two to three hours.
Pre heat oven to 350 degree F and prepare parchment lined baking sheets. When ready for baking take scope sized dough and roll into small balls or use a cookie cutter.( or you can roll into cylinder shape or log shape , cover with plastic and then refrigerate it ). Roll the balls in confectionery sugar.Place in prepared baking sheets with two to three inch gap around each ball.Bake for around seven to eight minutes when you see wedges slightly browned. Remove from sheets and cool completely on a wire rack.


Try this...

Hope you will all enjoy..
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  1. RachJuly 16, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    yummy, lovely presentation!

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  2. NamithaJuly 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM

    That looks irresistibly yumm...Hope you are doing great Suja...

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  3. Umm MymoonahJuly 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    Looks so crisp and yummy

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  4. Indian food recipesJuly 16, 2010 at 9:15 AM

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  5. My Kitchen AnticsJuly 16, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    that sounds pretty easy and u end up getting something fancy.

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  6. Indian food recipesJuly 16, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    wow!cute cookies...beautiful presentation

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  7. SujiJuly 16, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    Cookies looks absolutely yumm yumm Sujaechi...

    Love
    Suji

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  8. aipiJuly 16, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    they look so adorable and yummy, Suja.... fav recipe and awesome click !

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  9. SayaliJuly 16, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Wow...they look great

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  10. Guna's kitchenJuly 16, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    very tempting cookie .. nice color .. good prsentation....i'm cookie lover..... loved dis butter cocnut cookie.. will surely try it...

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  11. TREAT AND TRICKJuly 16, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    Very beautiful and delicious cookies dear....

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  12. Hamaree RasoiJuly 16, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    Very wonderful looking cookies. Loved the clicks.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  13. UmaJuly 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    nice presentation...

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  14. NithaJuly 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    Lovely cookies Suja..

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  15. SatyaJuly 16, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    yummy cookies ...looks so wonderful ..lovely presentation ...love to try them soon

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  16. Indian Cuisine BlogrollJuly 16, 2010 at 10:51 AM

    Good one dear..I like the taste of coconut in cookies and candies...

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  17. Priya SureshJuly 16, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Scrumptious cookies, they turned out prefectly Suja..

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  18. panchpakwanJuly 16, 2010 at 11:28 AM

    Yuummmmyyyyyyy cookies...

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  19. UnknownJuly 16, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    Beautiful, tempting cookies..We too have a coconut-almond cookies recipe in our drafts..Will post that soon..

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  20. Suman SinghJuly 16, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    cookies looks perfect...feel like grabbing some from the screen...

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  21. UnknownJuly 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    They look beautiful dear, Suja, Great job :)

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  22. KrishnaveniJuly 16, 2010 at 3:41 PM

    wow...yum yum cookies, so beautiful, inviting...

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  23. Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)July 16, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    looks delicious and mindblowing..wht a pretty choco color..

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  24. Sreelekha SumeshJuly 16, 2010 at 9:57 PM

    Wow..kidilan.looks yummy yummy..

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  25. Sushma MallyaJuly 16, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    Very beautiful and yummy cookies suja, have a great weekend as well...

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  26. SatrupaJuly 17, 2010 at 1:24 PM

    The cookies look so inviting ....... am gonna try this. The Presentation is awesome

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  27. Pratiba BhatJuly 17, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    Hey nice cookies :) How did you get the chocolate color :) It looks so cute :)

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  28. Indian KhanaJuly 18, 2010 at 8:38 AM

    Looks mouth watery..drooling here

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  29. TruptiJuly 19, 2010 at 7:41 AM

    Suja, cookies looks delicious & lovely click. First time here. You have a lovely blog with lovely recipes.Do visit my blog.

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  30. Suja ManojJuly 19, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    Thanks all for stopping by and so encouraging comments..do visit again.

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  31. Sanjeeta kkJuly 20, 2010 at 4:49 AM

    Lovely clicks and good recipe. Nice to be here, best wishes.

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  32. Pari VasishtJuly 20, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    Nice cookies dear.

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  33. Suja ManojJuly 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Thanks Sanjeeta and Pari for the lovely comments.

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