Whole wheat coconut cookies, Eggless cookies recipe

Whole wheat coconut cookies recipe with step by step pictures, crispy coconut cookies. Some time back i tasted a coconut cookies from Haldirams and it was too delicious. I have posted an eggless coconut cookies recipe few years ago. Few days back while meeting up with some friends, they were talking about the celebration of Ganpati in their place. Generally in South India we make modakam, ulundu kozhukattai, sundal, vadai and payasam for Ganesh Chaturthi. But in Maharastra, apart from making the traditional Ukadiche modak, they make varieties of sweets, pedas and even cookies for this festival. Also i have seen kids cut birthday cake for Ganesha. I really love the way kids do the pooja everyday and enjoy the festivity. Though i have few innovative ideas for kozhakkati stufing, i am pretty sure, they are hardly tried by anyone at home as we make only the traditional stuff. So decided to post this delicious whole wheat coconut cookies. I tried this recipe from here . Make this eggless whole wheat coconut cookies and let me know how it turned out. Also check out my complete collection of Ganesh Chaturthi recipes.

Whole wheat coconut cookies

• Recipe Cusine: Indian
• Prep Time: 20 Minutes
• Cook time: 16 Minutes
• Serves: 22 cookies
• Author: Jeyashri
• Recipe Category: Cookies
• Description: Whole wheat coconut cookies recipe with step by step pictures, crispy coconut cookies

     Whole wheat flour  1 cup
     Sugar   1/2 cup
     Butter(softened)  1/2 cup
     Desiccated coconut  1/4 cup + 2 tblsp
     Salt  a pinch
     Milk  2 tblsp 
     Cardamom powder  a pinch (optional)

Method :

• Powder the sugar.
• In a wide bowl add the butter and powdered sugar.
• Beat this mixture with a whisk till it gets incorporated well. 
• Add the desiccated coconut to this and sieve the whole wheat flour to the bowl. 
• Sieving gives a lighter texture to the cookies.
• Add the pinch of salt at this stage.
• If adding cardamom powder add at this stage.
• Mix everything well.
• Now sprinkle the milk little by little and knead into a smooth dough. 
• Cover it with a cling wrap and keep it inside the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
• Take it out and line a baking tray with parchment paper. 
• Take a lemon sized portion of the dough.
• Flatten it with your hands. Alternatively you can use a cookie cutter to get even shapes.
• Dust the top portion of this with the desiccated coconut. 
• Arrange them in a baking tray.
• Preheat the oven at 160 degrees for 5 minutes.
• Bake the cookies for 16-18 minutes.
• Cooking time varies from oven to oven.
• Take out from the oven and cool them in a wire rack.
• If you feel the cookies are still soft bake them for 2 more minutes.
• Once they are completely cool, store them in an airtight container.
• Enjoy the delicious whole wheat coconut cookies.

Notes:

• The cookies will become crisp once they cool completely. So wait for it to cool down. 
• Always keep in an air tight dry container.

Check out Whole wheat Almond cookies and Eggless Nankhattai. 

Method with step by step pictures :

• Powder the sugar.
• In a wide bowl add the butter and powdered sugar.
• Beat this mixture with a whisk till it gets incorporated well. 

• Add the desiccated coconut to this and sieve the whole wheat flour to the bowl. 
• Sieving gives a lighter texture to the cookies.
• Add the pinch of salt at this stage.
• If adding cardamom powder add at this stage.

• Mix everything well.
• Now sprinkle the milk little by little and knead into a smooth dough. 
• Cover it with a cling wrap and keep it inside the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
• Take it out and line a baking tray with parchment paper. 
• Take a lemon sized portion of the dough.
• Flatten it with your hands. Alternatively you can use a cookie cutter to get even shapes.

• Dust the top portion of this with the desiccated coconut. 

• Arrange them in a baking tray.
• Preheat the oven at 160 degrees for 5 minutes.
• Bake the cookies for 16-18 minutes.

• Cooking time varies from oven to oven.
• Take out from the oven and cool them in a wire rack.
• If you feel the cookies are still soft bake them for 2 more minutes.
• Once they are completely cool, store them in an airtight container.
• Enjoy the delicious whole wheat coconut cookies.

Notes:

• The cookies will become crisp once they cool completely. So wait for it to cool down. 
• Always keep in an air tight dry container.