Coconut Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 50g butter or margarine
• 50g caster sugar
• 2 tsp water
• 75g self-raising flour
• 50g desiccated coconut
• 75g icing sugar
• 2 tsp hot water
• Glaced Cherries for decoration

Method:

1. Cream the margarine or butter with the caster sugar until light and creamy.
2. Add 2 tsp of water, 1 tsp at a time and beat well.
3. Sieve the flour and add to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well.
4. Shape into small rounds and arrange on a well greased baking tin.
5. Bake in a hot oven 200 C/400F Gas 6 for 15 minutes.
6. Cool on a wire rack
7. Dissolve the icing sugar in 2 tsp of hot water and mix well and place a glaced cherry on each biscuit.