Coconut Meltaways Recipes

COCONUT MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, mix the flour, corn starch and sugar. Blend in the butter to form soft dough. Cover and chill until dough is firm enough to form a ball.
• 2. Shape into 3/4 inch balls, roll in coconut and place on an ungreased baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart.
• 3. Flatten each ball with a floured fork. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until lightly browned. You can add 2 tsp almond extract if so desire and make them almond melt aways. Sometimes I sprinkle cooled cookies with confectioners' sugar.

COCONUT LEMON MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Mix dry ingredients in electric mixer.
• Mix wet ingredients in bowl or cup with a spout.
• With mixer on low, slowly stream wet into dry.
• Stream coconut oil into the mix.
• Form into small balls.
• Option 1.
• Place in oven until they crack open. This should be about an hour, maybe more.
• When done, they will be dry on the outside and melt in your mouth moist on the inside.
• Option 2.
• Just refrigerate for at least 1 hour. These will be soft and moist.
• Dust with powered sugar.

MACADAMIA-COCONUT MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• Pulse macadamias and 1/4 C sugar in the food processor until the nuts are chopped fine.
• Add coconut; continue to pulse until all ingredients are finely ground.
• Mix softened butter, vanilla and salt in a large bowl on medium speed until creamy. Add the nut mixture and remaining 3/4 C sugar and mix.
• Add flour and mix until a soft dough forms.
• Refrigerate dough for one hour.
• Heat oven to 325 F
• With lightly floured hands, shape dough into balls (about the size of a teaspoon).
• Place 1" apart on a baking sheet.
• Bake 16 minutes or until the tops of the cookies are dry and set and the bottoms light brown.
• Cool completely.
• Dust tops of cookies with powdered sugar.
• Serve.