Whole Wheat Coconut Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g butter, at room temperature
• 100 ml sugar
• 1 tablespoon cognac or 1 tablespoon brandy
• 1 teaspoon ground aniseed
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules (dissolved in 1 ts hot water)
• 40 g walnuts, chopped
• 200 ml desiccated coconut
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 200 -225 ml whole wheat flour
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 175°c line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• 2 beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 add the rest of the ingredients and mix. the dough is quite stiff and crumbly, but you should still be able to form it into balls that stick together.
• 4 roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on the cookie sheet.
• 5 bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until golden. allow to cool on the cookie sheet for a while and then transfer carefully on a wire rack to cool completely (the cookies are very fragile when hot).
• 6 dust warm cookies with powdered sugar.