Coconut Chocolate Rocks!
A twist on a scone, a rock cake, and a coconut macaroon - delicious.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 14 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 225 g self raising flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 125 g cold unsalted butter (diced)
- 125 g caster sugar
- 125 g desiccated coconut
- 2 medium eggs (beaten)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 175 g milk chocolate chips (plus extra to decorate)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 200C and line two baking trays with parchment paper
- 2
Put the self raising flour and baking powder into a food processor and add the diced cold unsalted butter
- 3
Blitz it until it forms breadcrumbs (or alternatively, rub the ingredients together in a bowl with your fingers till it resembles breadcrumbs!)
- 4
Mix the caster sugar and desiccated coconut together in a separate large bowl
- 5
Add the breadcrumb mixture to the coconut mixture and mix briefly to combine
- 6
Add the beaten eggs to the bowl with the vanilla essence and mix with spatula/wooden spoon until combined! (Shouldn't take too long)
- 7
Fold through the chocolate chips - spoon the mixture onto the baking trays (I used an ice-cream scoop as I was being lazy - but a tablespoon will do!)
- 8
Bake them in the oven for 10-12 minutes until golden
- 9
Leave to cool on a wire rack!
- 10
Decorate with some melted chocolate
- 11
ENJOY!