Coconut Biscuits Congolais Food

COCONUT BISCUITS (CONGOLAIS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F; butter a baking sheet.
• In a saucepan, on medium heat, combine the egg whites, sugar and vanilla sugar then and whisk vigourously until they get hot and frothy. Remove from heat and keep whisking until temperature cools down a bit.
• Add the shredded coconut all at once and mix together with a wooden spoon; place balls of coconut mixture on the baking sheet (around 2.5 in diameter).
• Bake in oven for 15 minutes until they get golden; the Congolais must be crunchy outside and soft inside.
• Serve the biscuits warm or cold, simply by themselves or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or chocolate sauce.

GLEN'S COCONUT BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Sift flour into bowl, add sugar and coconut.
• Melt butter, add to dry ingredients with egg yolk and mix to make a firm dough.
• Roll teaspoonsfull of mixture into balls, place on greased baking tray and flatten with fork.
• Leave space between biscuits and bake 10-15mins at 180degC - 200degC (350degF - 400degF) or until brown.

CONGOLAIS

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 400°F; prepare a baking sheet.
• Pour the egg whites, sugar and vanilla sugar into a saucepan over medium heat, then start whisking vigourously until they get hot and frothy.
• Take away from flame and keep whisking until temperature cools down a bit.
• Pour the shredded coconut in all at once and mix together with a wooden spoon.
• Place balls of coconut mixture on the baking sheet (about 2.5 inches in diameter).
• Bake for 15 minutes until they get golden; the Congolais must be crunchy outside and soft inside.
• Serve the biscuits warm or cold, simply by themselves or with a ball of vanilla ice-cream.

APRICOT AND COCONUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Line two baking trays with baking paper. Cut the apricots into raisin-sized pieces.
• Heat the butter, golden syrup and caster sugar in a pan, stirring, until the butter melts and the sugar starts to dissolve, but don't let the mixture boil. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
• Stir in the flour, coconut, oats, and apricots. Place level tbsps of the mixture onto baking trays, leaving room between each one to spread. You'll get about 8 on most trays, so you'll need to cook them in batches.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until they start to turn golden at the edges. Leave on the tray to cool for 5 minutes - this will help them firm up as they'll be very soft when they come out of the oven. Remove to a wire tray and continue to cook the rest of the dough.