Dessert

Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies is for Dessert.

Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies takes 10 minutes to cook.

Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies makes 32 servings.

The ingredients for Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies are:

1 cup Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
2 cups Flour
3/4 ts Salt
1 1/4 cups Flaked Coconut (I use Bob's Red Mill unsweetened)
1 ts Orange Zest (if desired)
1 package Cadbury Mini Chocolate Eggs (Or M&Ms)

Here is how you make Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies:

Preheat Oven to 300Spread coconut on ungreased cookie sheet. Toast for 10-25 minutes, until golden brown. Start checking after 10 minutes, then stir occasionally til done. Increase oven heat to 350.Cream butter and sugar together. Add vanilla and egg, blend. Mix flour and salt together in separate bowl. Add gradually to butter mixture. Put coconut in clean mixing bowl. Measure out tablespoons of dough, forming into balls, rolling in coconut. Use thumb to make impression in center of dough, then place on cookie sheet. Place cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until slightly golden. After cooled, add 2-3 candy eggs to each nest. Number of Servings: 32Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user COFFEERUN.

The nutritional information for Birds Nest Shortbread Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 32
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 141.7

• Total Fat: 9.0 g
• Cholesterol: 21.9 mg
• Sodium: 43.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 9.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
• Protein: 1.5 g