Food / 19 February, 2025 / Ellie Thompson

Coconut Party Rings

The classic party ring biscuit has been given a totally tropical twist with added desiccated coconut – an easy baking recipe for a delicious sweet treat. Pretty pastel icing tops these cute biscuits, and you can even add some Sicilian lemon extract into the icing and sprinkle with hundreds and thousands for extra flavour and vibrancy.

• Serves 20 (makes 20 party rings)
• 38 mins to prepare and 12 mins to make, plus cooling and setting
• 123 calories / serving

Ingredients

• 50g butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
• 50g golden caster sugar
• 100g plain flour
• 50g desiccated coconut
• 1 medium egg

For the icing

• 300g icing sugar
• pink food colouring gel
• purple food colouring gel
• yellow food colouring gel
• blue food colouring gel

Method

Put the butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl and beat, using an electric whisk, for 6-8 mins, until pale and creamy. Add the flour, coconut, egg and a pinch of salt. Mix for a further 2 mins, or until a dough forms.

Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of nonstick baking paper to 5mm thick; chill for 30 mins.

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Using a 5cm cookie cutter, stamp out about 20 rounds, re-rolling as required. Using a 2cm cookie cutter, stamp out the middle of each round to make a ring and discard (or re-roll to make more biscuits, if you like).

Arrange the rings on a nonstick baking sheet and bake for 10-12 mins, or until lightly golden. Leave to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large bowl and add enough freshly boiled water to produce a thick, spreadable consistency. Divide the icing into separate smaller bowls, adding a different food colouring to each.

Using a teaspoon, spread each ring with a single colour icing, then drizzle over lines in a contrasting colour. To create a feathered effect, drag a cocktail stick through the icing in 1cm intervals. Repeat with the remaining biscuits in different colour pairings. Leave to set on a wire rack before serving.

Tip: For a more controlled drizzle, fill a plastic food bag with icing and snip off the corner. Gently squeeze to ice.

Recipe by Tesco Foods

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