Coconut Fingers

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 150 g unsalted butter, softened
• 1/3 cup golden syrup
• 2 60g egg yolks
• 1 3/4 cups plain flour
• 1 1/3 cups desiccated coconut
• 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
• 2 60g egg whites
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
• 1 2/3 desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 145 degrees celsius.
• 2 grease and line an 18cm x 28cm x 2cm baking tray with baking paper.
• 3 in a bowl, put in the butter, golden syrup and egg yolks.
• 4 slowly add flour and coconut until well covered.
• 5 place in the prepared tray and press well and evenly.
• 6 spread with the jam.
• 7 spread topping over the jam.
• 8 bake in oven for 45 minutes.
• 9 cut into fingers while it is still warm.
• 10 topping: beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
• 11 add the icing sugar bit by bit while still whisking.
• 12 fold in the coconut.