Whether for snacking in between, for afternoon coffee or as a gift – the cookies are an irresistible treat for all coconut lovers. They taste incredibly tender, moist and fluffy at the same time. Plus, the coconut cookies are vegan and have a chocolatey flavor note. With this recipe you can make them easily and quickly with a few ingredients.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 65cookies
Ingredients
approx. 200gshredded coconut
200mlcoconut milkcanned
140gcoconut oilmelted
140gpowdered sugar
approx. 400gflour
12gbaking powder
vanilla(e.g. vanilla pod scraped out, vanilla sugar or vanilla extract)
1pinch ofsalt
for the decorating
approx. 150gdark chocolatevegan
approx. 50gshredded coconut
Instructions
Mix shredded coconut, powdered sugar and salt in a mixing bowl.
Add coconut milk, melted coconut oil and vanilla and mix.
Mix flour with baking powder, add it to the coconut mixture in batches until a sticky dough forms. If the dough is mushy after you add all the flour, add some more shredded coconut.
Form small balls (about the size of a walnut) from the coconut dough, you can keep wetting your hands a little with water, and spread them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper with plenty of space between them.
Bake the coconut cookies in a preheated oven at 180 °C top and bottom heat for about 15 minutes. Repeat the process until the dough is used up and let the coconut cookies cool.
Slowly melt dark chocolate, dip one side of each coconut cookie into it and sprinkle this side with shredded coconut from above and below.
Spread the coconut cookies on a sheet of baking paper and let the chocolate dry briefly.
Notes
You can adjust the amount of powdered sugar to taste, depending on how sweet you like the cookies.
Depending on how dry the shredded coconut is, you might need a little more or less of it for the dough. The dough needs to be sticky, not mushy, and not dry.
Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the vegan coconut cookies with chocolate at the top of the post.