Recipe(tried): Coconut-Guava Cookies (Galletitas de Coco y Guayaba)

This recipe is from Puerto Rico. Similar cookies are prepared as dessert in the Caribbean & South American countries. They are very good.

Coconut-Guava Cookies (Galletitas de Coco y Guayaba)
Source: A Taste of Puerto Rico by Yvonne Ortiz, 1997

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup guava preserves

In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Blend in the coconut and vanilla extract. Refrigerate until the dough is firm, about 1/2 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Shape each tablespoon od dough into a ball. Arrange them on an ungreased baking sheet, 1 inch apart. Make a small indentation in the center of each cookie with your thumb.

Bake the cookies until they are lightly browned around the edges, about 15 minutes. Let them cool on a rack.

Fill each indentation with guava preserves.