Toasted Coconut And Banana Drop Biscuits Food

COCONUT BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cream shortening, cashew butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in next 5 ingredients until thoroughly mixed. In a separate bowl, mix unsweetened coconut and flour. Beat into creamed mixture just until combined., Using a medium cookie scoop, drop dough 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with sweetened coconut. Bake until edges are golden brown, 15-20 minutes (cookies will have cakelike texture). Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

TOASTED COCONUT AND BANANA DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine, flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt and coconut in a large bowl.
• Cut in butter until crumbly, set aside.
• Add the milk, vanilla and banana together.
• Make a well in the center of the flour bowl and pour in milk mixture.
• Stir to moisten only.
• Drop dough by spoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes.
• Serve hot.

FRIED COCONUT BANANAS

Steps:

• Heat the sugar in a small frying pan. When melted, add the bananas and caramelise on each side for 3-4 mins. Lift out and set aside.
• Tip the coconut milk into the pan with a pinch of salt, stir into the sugar and bubble until syrupy. Divide between 2 bowls, top with the caramelised bananas, then add a scoop of ice cream and scatter with toasted coconut.

BANANA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine egg, ripe banana, sugar, softened butter or margarine, banana extract in a mixing bowl; mix well. Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface; knead lightly a few times. Gently pat dough out and cut out with a biscuit cutter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees about 15 min-18 minutes.

TOASTED COCONUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place coconut on baking sheet and place in oven.
• Stir every 45-60 seconds until coconut turns a light brown. (Cooking time varies based on your oven).
• Once light brown remove from oven, cool and enjoy in your toasted coconut recipes.

COCONUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Beat the butter in a large bowl using an electric whisk or in a stand mixer until very soft. Beat in both sugars and the vanilla until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg until just combined. Sift in the flour and a pinch of salt and stir to combine. Fold in 100g of the toasted coconut.
• Roll the dough into 14-16 balls (about 45g each) and arrange on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment, well spaced apart. Flatten each slightly using the palm of your hand and bake for 12-15 mins until golden brown and slightly firm to the touch. Leave to cool on the sheet briefly, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Break the chocolate into pieces and tip into a heatproof bowl, then melt in 20-second bursts in the microwave. Or set the bowl over a pan of simmering water, ensuring the bowl doesn't touch the water, stirring until smooth. Dip one half of each cookie into the melted chocolate, then lay on a sheet of baking parchment and sprinkle with the remaining toasted coconut. Leave to set for about 30 mins.

TOASTED COCONUT-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan; set aside. In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center. In a medium mixing bowl combine beaten eggs, mashed bananas, oil, milk, and vanilla; mix well. Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just till combined. (The batter should be lumpy.) Fold in toasted coconut.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.