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Ingredients
for
50
Coconut Crescents
30 min., ready in 42 min.
Time:
64
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
50 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 60 grams Shredded coconut
- 200 grams cold butter
- 75 grams powdered sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 lemon (zest)
- 1 Vanilla bean (scraped seeds)
- 225 grams Pastry flour
- 3 Tbsps Shredded coconut
- 3 Tbsps powdered sugar
Preparation
1.
Toast grated coconut in a dry frying pan. Briefly cool. Knead chopped butter with powdered sugar, salt, lemon zest, vanilla seeds, flour and toasted coconut with hands until smooth. Roll out into 3 log shapes with 3 cm (approximately 1 inch) diameters. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
2.
Preheat oven to 180°C (approximately 350°F).
3.
From each roll, cut 1 cm (approximately 1/2 inch) thick slices and shape into crescents. Place on baking sheets lined with baking paper and bake for 10-12 minutes or until light brown.
4.
Mix coconut with powdered sugar on a plate. While still warm from oven, roll crescents in mixture. Cool on wire racks and serve.
Nutritional values
1 piece contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 64 cal. | (3 %) | ||
| Protein | 1 g | (1 %) | ||
| Fat | 4 g | (3 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 6 g | (4 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 2 g | (8 %) | ||
| Roughage | 0.4 g | (1 %) |