Peanut butter coconut cookies

Name: Peanut butter coconut cookies
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 250 g peanut butter (use blueband for best results); 125 g brown and white sugar; 65 g dried coconut flakes; 1 egg

Mello @Melochef

Tasty, simple peanut butter cookies with a coconut twist

Mello @Melochef

Tasty, simple peanut butter cookies with a coconut twist

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Ingredients

15 minutes

3 people

250 gpeanut butter (use blueband for best results)
125 gbrown and white sugar
65 gdried coconut flakes
1egg

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Note: if you don't have brown sugar, use jaggery. Mix the brown sugar and white sugar. If the peanut butter you're using has sugar, use about 65g sugar
2

Cream the sugar and egg till fluffy
3

Add coconut flakes and mix till well incorporated
4

Mix in the peanut butter and whisk well
5

Cover bowl with Cling film and place in fridge for 30 minutes so the dough can firm up
6

Scoop out the dough with a spoon and make round balls with your palm then flatten
7

Place the flattened balls on a baking sheet and using a fork, crisscross to make a pattern like below
8

Place in a oven that's preheated at 180°C for 12 to 15 minutes and allow to cool before serving