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Coconut Cream Sandwich Biscuits | Vg, GF (optional)

Coconut cream cookies

This recipe is a million miles from the first idea I had. Last year for Christmas I made a lemon cream pie with an almond crust. This week, I tweeted asking what you lovely people wanted my final recipe post to be and bite sized treats won. My initial thoughts were to make mini versions of the aforementioned lemon cream pie, which then somehow turned into chocolate instead of lemon and my crust became sandwich biscuits instead. So here it is, coconut cream sandwich biscuits.



I’ll include the lemon recipe down below somewhere too just in case a few of you are thinking that option sounds  better…

I’m going to break this into sections in case any of you would prefer plain almond cookies, which are delicious on their own.

This recipe (both lemon and coconut) is soy free, dairy free, gluten free (optional) and vegan.

Cookies

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: 8-10 minutes

Cool time: At least 30 minutes

 Almond cookies

Ingredients:

  • Half a cup of whole almonds
  • 2.5 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 tbsp syrup
  • Half a cup of oats
  • An eight cup oat flour (or alternative flour of choice)

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
  2. Pulse almonds in a food processor until they have a fine, sand-like texture.
  3. Add in the oat flour, syrup and oil and mix again until a dough has formed.
  4. Add in in the raw oats and pulse until they have broken down. Mixture should not be fully smooth but should be easily mouldable by hand.
  5. Next we need to shape them and you have a couple of options, you can either roll out the mixture and use cookie cutters, take a small amount in your hands and press or my favourite method, using a cupcake tray. I like to use the cupcake tray as it ensures they’re the same size and you get a small lip on the edge which I find helps hold the filling in later.
  6. After shaping them place in the centre of the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes until edges are golden brown and cookies are firm but not totally solid.
  7. Once cooked leave to one side until completely cool. Trying to move them too early may cause crumbling and stuffing them while still warm will cause mixture to melt.

Filling

Prep time: up to 20 minutes

Chill time: 1 hour (chocolate), 5+ hours (lemon)

 

Ingredients

Chocolate

  • 200g creamed coconut
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2tbsp corn-starch
  • 2tbsp syrup

 Coconut cream filling

Lemon

  • 200g coconut cream
  • 2tbsp corn-starch plus extra
  • 2tbsp syrup
  • Zest 3 to 4 lemons
  • Quarter cup lemon juice

Method

  1. Melt the creamed coconut in a small saucepan, heat until lightly bubbling but not boiling.
  2. For the chocolate cream: mix in all remaining ingredients and whisk thoroughly until all ingredients are fully combined and mixture is getting thicker.
  3. When the mixture has an almost paste like texture, remove from heat and set aside to cool. When assembling biscuits the mixture should be thick enough to set but also smooth enough to spread. If the room is cold or mixture is too thick microwave it for 15-20 seconds before filling biscuits, this should be long enough to loosen the mixture without actually warming it.

Lemon method:

  1. Add the coconut cream and zest to a saucepan and heat on a low heat, bubbling but not boiling
  2. Add the lemon juice and corn-starch and whisk to dissolve, then add the syrup.
  3. Continue to whisk and lower the heat while the mixture thickens.
  4. Remove from heat when mixture becomes jiggly like a jelly texture.
  5. Once removed set aside for a few minutes to allow mixture to cool slightly then refrigerate for 5+ hours, or overnight.
  6. Mixture should set to a thick creamy consistency and by pliable enough to fill the cookies.

 

To assemble cookies simply take two and using the a small spoon scoop some of the mixture on top of one cookie, then place another cookie on top so the bottom of the cookie is facing upwards.

Enjoy!

 

As this will be my last recipe post of 2017, here’s a list of all of my festive inspired posts:

Festive crunch granola

Pancakes – not technically festive but pancakes for breakfast Christmas morning, anyone?

Festive twist cookies 

After eight brownies

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Comments

  1. Oh these are my type of cookies, delicious with a nice cup of tea. I shall be saving this recipe to try as a treat in the new year.

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  3. Omgoodness these look delicious, I definitely would like to try these. I love those kind of bakes that stray from what you wanted them to be in the beginning, for me they usually turn out to be the best bakes I create.

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  5. I’m not a big fan of coconut but the milk and cream I actually use sometimes and this is such a yummy way to use it! I must have one!

    xx Lena |

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  9. These look so tasty! My sister is allergic to nuts so I can’t make them for Christmas but I might give them a try to take into our next work bake sale 🙂

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  15. These look fantastic, I am loving these vegan and gluten-free recipes! It just shows you can watch what you eat and still enjoy some very delicious food. I’m looking to bake more in the house in 2018 so I’ll definitely give these a go.

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  17. Soy free, dairy free, gluten free AND vegan! My oh my, you’re spoiling us! I always find it funny when people say ‘but you can’t eat anything nice if you go [insert word here]!’. From now on I’ll just redirect them to this post because these look absolutely delicious and I can’t wait to try them out myself!

    Love,
    Dominique

    http://www.fashionedbypluche.blogspot.com

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    • Ah thank you! You have to work a little harder sometimes but you can always make something amazing! The only thing I think I’d struggle with is nut free… x

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  18. My god these look divine! I am a sucker for anything chocolatey and the biscuits on the outside sound so yummy! The lemon sounds incredible too, anything sweet and lemony is always a winner!
    Alice Xx

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  24. I got hungry just looking at these! Really want to give them a try and love how versatile they are (with vegan and gluten free options)! I’m not either, but will be good if I bake them for friends!
    Jas xx

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  26. Oh my goodness, these sound incredible. I always love reading through your recipes! I can’t wait to give this one a go! I know my friends and family will really enjoy this sweet treat!

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