Coconut Wheat Germ biscuits
Be sure to leave the biscuits on the baking tray for at least one minute after removing them from the oven. This allows them to "flatten" and firm up, also make sure you use rolled oats, not instant!
Ingredients
Serves: 60
- 250g butter, softened
- 1 cup (220g) white sugar
- 1 cup (185g) brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 1 1/2 cups (220g) rolled oats
- 1 cup wheatgerm
- 1 cup (125g) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (90g) desiccated coconut
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 1 cup chopped pitted dates
Directions
Preparation:45min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:55min
- Preheat the oven to 165 degrees C.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the vanilla. In a separate bowl combine the oats, wheat germ, flour, baking powder, bicarb soda and salt.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture. Finally, mix in the coconut, pecans and dates. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased baking trays.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow biscuits to cool on baking tray for a couple of minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Great recipe! I made some changes, but they are also delicious as-is. I reduced white sugar to 1/2 cup and they were still quite sweet (you could probably eliminate the white sugar all together if you wanted). I used 1/2 whole wheat flour and half white. I omitted the dates and added butterscotch chips. VERY TASTY!! - 03 Jun 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Excellent cookie. After reading the reviews I didn't add any white sugar at all. Turned out just right for us. I didn't have alot left in my cupboard so I used raisins in place of coconut and almonds in place of peacans. Would make again. - 29 Apr 2010 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I would suggest trying these cookies, they sound unusual, but are very good. Firstly, the 10 min time @ 325 takes too long, so I upped temp to 375. If you use sweetened coconut flakes then use 1/4 cup less sugar overall. And half the dates and add 1/2 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips. Its a good cookie, it takes a long time to cook 60 cookies, but its well worth it! - 18 Jul 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)