Coconut Biscuits Congolais Food

COCONUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast coconut on a rimmed baking sheet in oven, stirring often, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Stir together flour, granulated sugar, coconut, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a stiff dough (about 5 tablespoons water total). Form the dough into a rectangle. Wrap dough in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper. Transfer dough on parchment to a baking sheet. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Cut dough into 40 small rectangles (about 1 1/4-by-2 1/2 inches each) using a sharp knife. Transfer biscuits to parchment-lined baking sheets using a thin spatula. Lightly brush tops with water. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until biscuits just turn golden brown, about 11 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.

CHEWY COCONUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually blend in the flour mixture, then mix in the coconut. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly toasted. Cool on wire racks.

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.

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.

COCONUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Sift the dry ingredients. Add butter and gently blend. Add coconut milk and coconut, removing 3 tablespoons for topping and add papaya. Stir together adding additional milk if necessary. Knead lightly for 30 seconds and roll to 3/4-inch. With a cutter, punch out 2-inch rounds.
• Place on a lightly buttered sheet and brush top of biscuits with butter and top with reserved coconut.
• Bake in a preheated 450 degree oven for 12-15 minutes

COCONUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Combine milk and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in coconut. Drop by 2 tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 425° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

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.