HİNDİSTAN CEVİZLİ KURABİYE

COCONUT COOKIES

Makes 20-25 cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1+1/2 cups of all purpose flour
•  1/2 cup of coconut oil
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup of finely shredded coconut
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 tsp of vanilla sugar
• 1/4 tsp of baking soda
• a pinch of salt

Topping:

• 1 egg white
• 1/3 cup of finely shredded coconut

Whisk butter, powdered sugar, egg yolk, in a large mixing bowl. Add flour,vanilla sugar, baking soda and coconut and knead. Cover with plastic wrap and rest the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Take it out and knead again. Take small parts ( about the size of an walnut ) from the dough and give them the shape of small balls. Dip them ( just one side of the cookies )  first into egg white and then coat them with coconut . Preheat the oven 350 F. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes at this tempature and decrease the heat to 300F. Bake it another 10 minutes or until golden brown.