Peanut butter and coconut cookies

Name: Peanut butter and coconut cookies
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 32 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 125 g salted butter; 125 g chunky or smooth peanut butter; 200 g sugar; 50 g dessicated coconut; 1 egg; 200 g cake flour; 4 ml bicarbonate of soda; 2.5 ml course salt; 1 tablespoon flour reserved for rolling out the cookie dough; 1 pinch sea salt reserved for sprinkling over cookies

Dominique Solomon @cook_7578122

Cape Town, South Africa

This recipe is a slight twist on a really great recipe by local foodstylist Carey Erasmus done for Yuppiechef's online recipe collection.

Dominique Solomon @cook_7578122

Cape Town, South Africa

This recipe is a slight twist on a really great recipe by local foodstylist Carey Erasmus done for Yuppiechef's online recipe collection.

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Ingredients

15 minutes

32 servings

125 gsalted butter
125 gchunky or smooth peanut butter
200 gsugar
50 gdessicated coconut
1egg
200 gcake flour
4 mlbicarbonate of soda
2.5 mlcourse salt
1 tablespoonflour reserved for rolling out the cookie dough
1 pinchsea salt reserved for sprinkling over cookies

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Mix the butter, sugar, dessicated coconut and peanut butter in a mixer until combined or mixed by hand in a bowl works just as well.
2

Add the egg and mix until combined.
3

Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda and course salt. Mix until a smooth dough consistency is achieved.
4

Using the extra flour, to dust hands with, roll the cookie dough into small 4-5cm balls. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. The recipe makes 32 cookies. Flatten the cookies with a fork and sprinkle the sea salt over each cookie. Bake for 12-15 minutes in a preheated oven(180 degrees C). Cool on a wire rack once baked and enjoy with a cup of tea or glass of milk.