Gluten Free Coconut Drop Cookies
 
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Very delicious gluten free coconut drop cookies
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 24 cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 and ¼ cups All-purpose gluten free flour (I used Caputo Fioreglut Gluten Free Flour)
  • 1½ teaspoons Clabber Girl Baking Powder - gluten free
  • 1 teaspoon gluten free Almond Extract, I used McCormick
  • 1½ teaspoon Bob's Red Mill Xanthan Gum - gluten free (omit if the flour you're using already have)
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ⅓ cup butter, softened
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup strawberry preserves, warmed
  • FOR THE SWEETENED COCONUT:
  • 1 coconut, split in half and scrape to shred then chop (about 3¾ cups)
  • ⅓ cup water
  • ⅓ cup sugar
Instructions
  1. SWEETENED COCONUT:
  2. Place water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add the shredded coconuts. Stir to mix. Set aside to cool.
  3. THE REST OF THE RECIPE:
  4. In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy. Add the egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice.
  5. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt then gradually beat into the creamed mixture. Add the shredded sweetened coconut but reserve about ¾ to 1 cup for rolling. Refrigerate for 45 minutes to decrease stickiness.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  7. Place the remaining shredded coconut on a plate. Scoop a rounded tablespoon of the mixture and form into small balls the size of a golf ball and roll them on the shredded coconut then arrange them 1½ inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Make an indentation at the center of the balls using the handle of a wooden spatula.
  8. Bake from 15 minutes to 20 minutes depending on how big the balls are until the edges are slightly brown. Remove from oven and fix any indentations that may have closed. Spoon the strawberry preserves in the middle. Serve warm or cold. Yummy! Perfect for Christmas.
Notes
You can also use Baker's Angel Flake Sweetened Coconut - gluten free
Recipe by The Gluten Free at https://www.theglutenfree.com/gluten-free-coconut-drop-cookies/