Pistachios and coconut cookies
From ahmed1 15 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 48
Another famous oriental dessert…This is made only in high standard pastry shops. You can omit the syrup step if you don’t like that sweet taste. Enjoy!!
Ingredients
- Syrup1: shopping list
- 1cup sugar shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- syrup 2: shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- ½ cup water shopping list
- Batter: shopping list
- 300gm butter, softened shopping list
- 300gm sugar shopping list
- 6 large eggs, room temperature. shopping list
- 500gm shredded coconut shopping list
- 100gm flour shopping list
- 80gm semolina flour shopping list
- ½ tsp baking powder shopping list
- ½ cup coconut shopping list
- ½ cup ground pistachios shopping list
How to make it
- Make syrup1 first:
- Mix sugar and water in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool
- Syrup2:
- Repeat same process with syrup 1 and mix both kinds of syrup together.
- Batter:
- Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at time. In a separate bowl, mix together coconut, flour, semolina and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to egg mixture and fold until combined. Chill in refrigerator for two hours. Use a teaspoon to form dough into small balls and roll in coconut or ground pistachios. Transfer to prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes until golden in color. Pour cooled syrup over cookies and leave for 10 minutes. Take them out of pan and let set. Arrange in serving platter and serve.
Batter
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making small balls
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roll in pistachios
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roll in coconut
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pour syrup over pistachios
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and over coconut
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The Rating
Reviewed by 11 people-
wonderful dessert...looks rich.....thx friend....
angieaugusta
in Adelaide loved it
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Another superb recipe, courtesy of Chef Ahmed!! Thanks, and HIGH FIVE! :+D
chefelaine
in Muskoka loved it
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This looks divine! Thanks for sharing such an exquisite recipe with us.
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