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220 °C220 °C (425 °F)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 180 g butter, softened6½ oz butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • 3 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 200 g chocolate, for the tops (Usually squares of Icelandic suðusúkkulaði (dark cooking chocolate); plain dark chocolate works.)7 oz chocolate, for the tops (Usually squares of Icelandic suðusúkkulaði (dark cooking chocolate); plain dark chocolate works.)

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220°C and line baking sheets with baking paper.Heat the oven to 425 °F and line baking sheets with baking paper.
  2. Beat the butter and both sugars together well, then add the eggs, then all the dry ingredients.
  3. Roll into balls of a generous teaspoon each.
  4. Press a quarter of a chocolate square into the top of each ball.
  5. Place them in 5 rows of 6 on each sheet and bake on the bottom shelf.
  6. Bake at 220°C for about 10 minutes, no longer.Bake at 425 °F for about 10 minutes, no longer.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
"Fljótlegar" smákökur
1 b. sykur - 180 gr. smjör - 2 egg 1 b. púðurs. - 1 b. kókosmjöl 3 b. hveiti - 1 tsk. natron - 1/2 tsk. salt 200gr. súkkul. ofan á
Smjör + sykur hrært vel síðan eggin svo allt þurrefni. Búnar til kúlur (Rúml. 1 tsk.) 1/4 af súkkul. bita þrýst ofaná. 5x6 á plötuna, neðsta Rim. 220°c í ca. 10 min (ekki lengur)