Coconut Biscuits recipe by Ruhana Ebrahim

Ingredients

• 125g baking margarine/ or butter (room temp)
• ¾ cup castor sugar
• 2 extra large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• +/- 2 ½ cups flour AS needed (sifted)
• 100's & 1000's sweets
• 1. Cream margarine & sugar till pale & fluffy.
• 2. Add eggs & vanilla and beat in.
• 3. Add coconut & baking powder & beat in.
• 4. Add flour as needed and bind into a rollable dough.
• 5. Roll dough on floured surface.
• 6. Scratch surface of dough with a fork.
• 7. Cut out desired shape (I use flower cutter).
• 8. Place on lined cookie sheet few cm apart.
• 9. Sprinkle on sweets in center.
• 10. Bake for 10-15min in preheated oven at 160degC until lightly golden.