Coconut-flavored shortbread cookies

Coconut-flavored shortbread cookies

Baking

Small, coconut-flour-and-margarine biscuits, cut out with a cookie cutter, lightly golden with egg yolk, and sprinkled with sugar.

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These coconut cookies are made with a few simple ingredients: flour, shredded coconut, sugar, egg yolk, and fat. The dough is rolled out, cut into the desired shape, brushed with egg yolk, and sprinkled with sugar before being baked.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodFour
  • Estimated cost$1.07 $0.09 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

12 people
  • $0.42
  • $0.06
  • $0.08
  • $0.32
  • $0.19

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Sift the flour and salt, then add the coconut. ≈ 2 min
  2. Mix well, and gradually add the melted margarine. ≈ 4 min
  3. Whisk the egg yolk and add the sugar. ≈ 4 min
  4. Add it to the flour. Knead. ≈ 10 min
  5. Spread the dough to a thickness of 6 mm. ≈ 4 min
  6. Cut each cookie to the desired size, or use a cookie cutter. ≈ 8 min
  7. Brush each biscuit with egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar. ≈ 4 min
  8. Bake in a moderately warm oven.

The bill

Coconut-flavored shortbread cookies

  • 55 g of shredded coconut$0.42
  • 50 g of sugar$0.06
  • 60 g of flour$0.08
  • 1 egg yolk$0.32
  • 55 g of margarine$0.19

Total$1.07

that's $0.09 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 55 g of shredded coconut
  • 50 g of sugar
  • 60 g of flour
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 55 g of margarine

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