Coconut Balls

My sister in-law invited me to an afternoon gathering with her friends yesterday, and she asked me to make cheesecake to bring over with me. Knowing how much she enjoyed it the last time I made it, I obliged. I felt guilty leaving my son without a dessert for him to snack on so I decided to surprise him by preparing these coconut balls. I know how much he likes them, and I wanted to do something to cheer him up after a long day at university. It certainly did the trick 🙂

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 5 cups shredded coconut
• 1 cup  less 2 tablespoons semolina
• 1 cup less 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• one lemon’s zest
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• icing sugar to cover the coconut balls (optional)

• Whisk the eggs with sugar, vanilla and the pinch of salt until the mixture becomes light and fluffy
• Add the lemon zest, semolina, baking powder, coconut and the melted butter and mix well
• Preheat the oven to 180c, prepare the baking sheets for the oven by lining them with wax paper, no need for butter
• Roll the dough in palm-sized balls and roll in the icing sugar (you can choose not to roll in the sugar, either way is yummy)
• Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until they turn light golden color
• Leave in the trays until cool

ET VOILA..C’EST TOUT:)