They are soft inside and crispy outside, the orange and coconut cookies will win you over with their aroma and delicious taste.
Easy and quick to make, they can be served on any occasion, the only hard thing will be resisting eating them all at once. With a few ingredients and simply, you will get 16/18 delicious cookies.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 18 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup grated coconut (+ about 1/4 cup for finishing)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 orange (about 3 tablespoons of juice and the grated zest)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- as needed powdered sugar
Steps
In a bowl, sift the flour and baking powder, add the sugar, the beaten egg, the vegetable oil, the grated orange zest, or 1 teaspoon of ready-made orange paste, and the filtered orange juice.
Knead the mixture, compact it and form a smooth and homogeneous ball. Put the dough back in the bowl, cover it with cling film and let it rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour at room temperature.
Place some powdered sugar on one side of a plate and grated coconut on the other side.
Take a teaspoon of dough, about the size of a walnut, and form a ball. Roll one side of the ball over the grated coconut, then roll both sides over the powdered sugar.
Slightly flatten the cookies and place them on the baking tray, where you have laid a sheet of non-stick paper.
Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake the orange and coconut cookies for 10 minutes.
When done, lightly golden but not too much, take the tray out of the oven and let the cookies cool before removing them.
