Coconut Shortbread Cookies - My Gorgeous Recipes (2024)

Published: Jun 24, 2022 · Modified: Dec 1, 2022 by Daniela Apostol · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

Coconut Shortbread Cookies, soft, almost melting in your mouth, buttery, full of coconut flavour, these cookies are absolutely delicious! They are super easy to make with just a few ingredients, and go down a treat with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

l've always loved cookies and biscuits of any kind, and I like munching on them, especially in the afternoon when my energy levels are going dangerously low, and I need a bit of sugar to keep me going. Not only I get the energy I need, but I also get to have my daily share of spoiling.

Homemade cookies have a wonderful taste, and are so much better than the store-bought ones that have a high amount of additives and other nasty ingredients.

Ok, they might not be 100% healthy, after all you do use sugar, butter, etc, but still. Well, don't get me wrong, I don't eat cookies every every single day. I could, I guess, but I it's better to keep them as an occasional treat. Or not?

Shortbread cookies are a favourite of mine. They are rich, yet delicate, and the flavours can vary greatly. For my coconut shortbread cookies I used a bit of vanilla extract, but you can give them a different touch by using lemon extract, rum or any other flavour you like.

Ingredients needed

We only need 6 ingredients to make these yummy cookies:

• plain flour
• desiccated coconut
• butter - it has to be very soft, as it's a lot easier to get a rich, buttery texture
• egg
• vanilla extract- it can be optional, as the coconut has a lovely flavour anyway, but I find that the 2 flavours compliment each other really well

How to make the coconut shortbread

Making the coconut shortbread cookies is super simple:

• Start by beating the butter and sugar together until smooth and creamy
• Add the egg and beat again
• Sift in the flour, add the coconut and vanilla extract, and use a spatula to mix everything well

• Transfer the dough onto a kitchen foil, the roll it into a sausage, and refrigerate it for 30 minutes to an hour to firm up

Once it's nice and cool, it's very easy to slice it. Now, don't beat yourself if the cookies are not perfectly round (mine aren't!!!). They don't spread that much in the oven, so no need to leave lots of space between them, I only left more between mine because it was a small batch anyway.

You make about 8 cookies out of the dough, obviously depending on how big or small you roll the dough into a sausage. Mine was quite chunky though, but the number you get will be more or less the same.

How long to you bake shortbread cookies for

Now, depending you your oven, the cookies don't need more than 15 minutes or so to bake at 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahreneheit).

I left mine to get a slightly pale golden colour, but if you want a lighter shade, you can take them out once they are starting to firm up after 10-12 minutes. They do firm up further once you take them out of the oven anyway.

Other shortbread recipes

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Linzer Cookies Recipe

Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies

Lemon Shortbread Cookies Dipped in White Chocolate

Scottish Shortbread

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