Coconut Ghriba Recipe

step 1

• STEP 1.Dry ingredients if you are using dried coconut that is coarsely chopped, place it in the food processor and mix until you get dried coconut with a very fine texture.

step 2

• STEP 2.Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl finely shredded dried coconut, semolina (or almond meal), baking powder, and a pinch of salt.

step 3

• STEP 3.Wet ingredients using an egg beater, beat the egg with the sugar until you get a whitish mixture, then add the vanilla extract and continue beating for another 30 seconds to get a smooth texture and make sure there aren

step 4

• STEP 4.T any lumps.

step 5

• STEP 5.Now add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, and using your hand, mix all the ingredients until well incorporated. Add the vegetable oil.

step 6

• STEP 6.Cover the bowl containing the dough with a plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes at a warm place.

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• STEP 7.Preheat your oven to 350 f (180 c) and apply the parchment paper on a baking pan.

step 8

• STEP 8.To shape wet your hand with a little bit of orange blossom water (or just water), take some of the dough and make a ball the size of a walnut, roll the dough ball in powdered sugar, place coconut ball a bit to flatten it, then place it on the baking pan.

step 9

• STEP 9.Bake the cookie for 10 minutes. Do not overbake or the cookies or else it will become hard when they cool down.

step 10

• STEP 10.Once the cookies are done remove them from the oven and let them cool down on the baking pan.

step 11

• STEP 11.Let the cookies cool down a bit before moving them to a plate, dust them with powdered sugar before serving.