The Coconuts Recipe Corner: Pascale’s Kitchen: Tantalizing coconut treats Yo-yo cookies

 

Pascale’s Kitchen: Tantalizing coconut treats 

Yo-yo cookies

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By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN, Jerusalem Post,  MARCH 24, 2022

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-702212

Yo-yo cookies  (photo credit: PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN)

Yo-yo cookies

Makes 30 small or 40 medium cookies.

Ingredients 

Dough:

• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup (120 ml.) orange juice
• ½ cup (100 ml.) canola oil
• ½ cup (100 ml.) sugar
• 2-3 drops vanilla extract
• About 2 cups (450 gr.) flour, sifted
• 1½ packets (15 gr.) baking powder

Syrup:

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• Juice from one lemon or orange
• 1-2 drops rose water

Toppings:

• Coconut flakes, ground pistachios, sprinkles

Directions

Add to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a flat beater the eggs, orange juice, oil and sugar. Mix for 2-3 minutes. Lower the speed and gradually add the vanilla, flour and baking powder.

Mix well until dough becomes sticky. If the dough is too sticky, you can add 1 or 2 tablespoons of flour, according to need. Do not overmix. Place the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough out onto a sheet to a thickness of 1 cm. Using a small or medium cup, cut out dough circles. Then cut out smaller circles from each dough circle. Alternatively, you can roll out strips of dough, then connect the ends to form a circle.

Heat the oil in a pan over a medium flame. Place some of the dough circles in the pan and fry on both sides until they turn golden brown. Remove and let them cool on paper towels. Repeat until you’ve used up all the dough.

Place all of the syrup ingredients, except for the rose water, in a medium pot and heat for 10-15 minutes until syrup forms. Add the rose water and cook for one more minute. Add the fried cookies to the syrup and cook them for a few more minutes.

The cookies can be served like this, or you can roll them in coconut flakes, ground pistachios or sprinkles.

Level of difficulty: Medium-hard. Time: 90 minutes.

Enjoy

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