Cocoanut Wafers
Ingredients
Directions
Make the dough
Combine 2½ cups pastry flour, 1 cup desiccated coconut, 2 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons oil, salt, and water.
Rub butter into flour, add salt, and mix with coconut ground through a food cutter.
Add ice water for stiff dough.
Roll out at once or rest before rolling as preferred.
Bake and finish
Bake carefully so as not to scorch the coconut.
If a sweet wafer is desired, add sugar to the dough or sprinkle with sugar before baking.
Notes
Use dried grated coconut prepared at home if possible.
Use 2 cups of coconut if desired.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
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Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Pastry flour
- Forms the structure of the wafer as it binds with the liquid and fat.
- Desiccated coconut (in the method)
- Supplies the main coconut flavor and a crisp, toasty texture when baked.
- Butter (in the method)
- Adds fat that makes the dough tender and rich, and helps it brown.
The step that matters
Bake carefully so as not to scorch the coconut. Coconut contains sugars and fat that brown quickly, so it can turn dark and bitter before the wafer is fully crisp. Watching closely keeps the flavor sweet and nutty.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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