COCONUT CREAM FILLED COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla, egg and sour cream.
• Stir in dry ingredients.
• Cover and refrigerate dough.
• To prepare filling: Combine coconut and milk in a pot over medium heat. Combine cornstarch and sugar; stir into milk. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring constantly until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
• On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 2-1/2 inch circles. Place half of the circles 1-1/2 inches apart on the cookie sheets. Spoon 1 teaspoon filling into center of each circle. Top with another circle of dough and press edges to seal.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar. Store in a single layer.
• NOTES:.
• I had a very hard time with these (sticky dough) and found that using cocoa to roll them out really helped. They are difficult to do, but once you get the hang of it, they go faster and easier. It's all worth it in the end!
• I had a lot of filling left over, but I did make them smaller (about 2 1/4 inches) and lost some dough due to mishaps. I would suggest using a heaping teaspoon of filling in each one.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• Onto sheet of parchment paper, unroll 1 pie crust. Using 2- to 3-inch round cutter, cut pie crust into 10 rounds. Repeat with remaining pie crust.
• To make each cookie, top half of rounds with about 2 teaspoons coconut curd. Top each with second crust round. With fork, firmly press edges to seal. Place on cookie sheet.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat egg white with electric mixer on high speed until fluffy. Gradually add granulated sugar, beating until a smooth meringue forms.
• Remove partially baked pie cookies from oven. Spread small amount of meringue over top of each pie cookie. Sprinkle sparkling sugar over tops of cookies.
• Bake 4 to 6 minutes longer or until edges are golden brown. Transfer pie cookies from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes before serving.