For the alphabet D, I take you to one of the countries in the Carribean Islands. Dominican Republic is one of the countries in the island of Hispaniola. Its capital city is Santo Domingo which is the largest city in the Carribean region. Christopher Columbus landed here and this is the first permanent European settlements in Americas. After three centuries of Spanish rule, Dominican republic got their freedom during 1821. The cuisine of this country is greatly influenced by the Spanish and African cuisine. There are also similar dishes among neighbouring islands such as Cuba and Puerto Rico. After yesterdays slightly technical cookies, I wanted to make an authentic but easy cookie today. While I was browsing, I found these rustic cocont cookies which are similar to the coconut biscuits we get here. These coconut cookies are very famous in Dominican Republic and you get it in every corner store there.
And as always, the recipe had two eggs and I had to convert it into an eggless recipe. Due to some former experience in working with a similar recpe, I added some extra flour to substitute the volume provided by the eggs. But still the first batch of cookies spread out into flat discs. The taste was amazing but I was not at all satisfied with the look. So I added extra flour and when the second batch went inside the oven I was praying so much. And to my relief, the second batch did not spread much and the cookies turned out so nice. These cookies are baked on low temperature for a long time so that they come out crispy. it took nearly 30 minutes for a batch of cookies to get that brown shade on top. I loved the crunch of these cookies. Once you bite into the crunchy layer, you will then go to the softer interior. With a slight hint of cinnamon and coconut, the cookies were absolutely delicious. So many times I have seen people saying that baking eggless is easy. But in my view, you need to understand the roll of egg in the recipe so that you use the correct ingredient to substitute the eggs. After baking the cookies today, I felt so happy. I learnt one more tip about eggless baking today.
Recipe Source: Aunt Clara’s Kitchen
Makes 28 cookies
Ingredients:
Flour-2 1/2 cups
Salt-1/4 tsp
Cinnamon-1/2 tsp
Baking Soda-1/2 tsp
Brown Sugar-1 cup
Butter-1/3 cup
Milk-1/2 cup
Grated Coconut-1 1/4 cups
Procedure:
Preheat oven to 150°C.
In a bowl cream together butter and sugar.
Add the milk and mix well.
Now add coconut and mix well.
Add flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and mix to form a sticky dough.
With the help of two spoons, place small portions of dough in a greased tray leaving 2″ apart.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until nicely browned.
Cool on wire rack and store in airtight jar.

Eggless Coconetes / Rustic Coconut Cookies
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Flour-2 1/2 cups
- Salt-1/4 tsp
- Cinnamon-1/2 tsp
- Baking Soda-1/2 tsp
- Brown Sugar-1 cup
- Butter-1/3 cup
- Milk-1/2 cup
- Grated Coconut-1 1/4 cups
Instructions
Procedure
- Preheat oven to 150°C.
- In a bowl cream together butter and sugar.
- Add the milk and mix well.
- Now add coconut and mix well.
- Add flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and mix to form a sticky dough.
- With the help of two spoons, place small portions of dough in a greased tray leaving 2" apart.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until nicely browned.
- Cool on wire rack and store in airtight jar.
- Serve with coffee.
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these cookies are turned so great i am sure it tasted awesome nice work my dear
I love coconut based cookies , these looks addictive !
Kudos Gayathri, your research and knack of turning the recipe to eggless is such a boon for ppl like me..I really don’t have the patience to think so much..so thanks again..yet another delicious looking cookie..I am sure lil S is enjoying!
You have mastered the chemistry of baking! The way you turn the the bakes into eggless bakes is amazing.
I had this on my list for another country. I believe they are popular in the entire region. The golden brown cookies look so yummy! And I like the way you experiment with the eggless version
you discovered a Dominican recipe I’ve never had…looks delicious
Wish i get some rite now to munch, well done with this cookies, that too eggless,loving it.
Lovely and interesting cookies.
You know what I even had this on my list from Clara’s kitchen and thought of dropping a line to you regarding egg substitution. In between the milk fudge caught my attention. 🙂
As Valli mentioned, you converted the recipe now and I can follow yours. They must be yummy like the coconut ones we get in Indian bakeries.
Those are perfectly made coconut cookies.. They look so yummy!!
I love coconut cookies! Am surely going to try this one soon.
Lovely gayathri! ! I can smell the aroma of coconut here! ! Very Tempting!
I love that word rustic…and then coconut. They might not look pretty cookies but I bet they must have tasted amazing…and you are a pro Gayathri so you can always convert any recipe into eggless.
Those rustic coconut flavored cookies are so tempting.
Kudos Gayatri this is an amazing cookie.
Can we use jaggery instead of brown sugar? Recipe is quite appealing & want to give a try.
Yes, you can. Use equal quantity of jaggery.
My sister in law is from the Dominican, so I want to surprise her with a familiar cookie for the holidays. What do you suggest?
Thank you
Diane Bentley
bentleydiane69@gmail.com