Best Guyanese Coconut Buns Recipes

GUYANESE COCONUT BUNS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add butter, and cut in using a pastry blender or a fork until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and pour in the wet ingredients. Add coconut, and mix just enough to blend. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

GUYANESE COCONUT BUNS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F/180°C.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add butter, and cut in using a pastry blender or a fork until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and pour in the wet ingredients. Add coconut, and mix just enough to blend.
• Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, 2-3 inches apart as they really spread.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Keep an eye on these as they will burn if left in too long.
• Transfer to a cooking rack immediately or else they will stick to the pan.
• Cookies are soft with crunch edges at first but get completely crunchy upon cooling.