Coconut Snowballs

3 types of coconut in a tender buttery melt in your mouth cookie


1 cup unsalted butter
1/4 t. salt
1/3 c. confectioners' sugar
1/2 c. coconut milk powder
3/8 t. coconut flavouring
2 1/2 c. unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup toasted coconut
Coating:
1 1/2 c. confectioners' sugar
1 c. Coconut milk powder

preheat oven to 350 degrees in a med sized bowl beat together the butter and salt until soft and fluffy.  Mix in the confectioners' sugar, coconut milk powder and coconut flavoring.  Add the flour and toasted coconut mix until well combined.  form the dough into 1" balls.  place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake in the oven for 12-15 min.  Let the cookies cool for 3 min.

Sift the confectioners' sugar with the coconut milk poweder and place in a shallow pan.  Roll the warm cookies in the mix coating.  let them cool and re-roll.
Store in an airtight container for 1 week or freeze.

makes 50-60 cookies