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Medvedie labky: Slovak coconut bear paw cookies

Name: Medvedie labky: Slovak coconut bear paw cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Approximately 70 cookies
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 400 g All-purpose flour; 150 g Shredded coconut (desiccated); 2 Eggs; 250 g Butter (or Palmarín baking margarine); 150 g Powdered sugar; 1 packet Baking powder (12 g); for dusting Powdered sugar

Buttery coconut bear paw cookies baked in molds for 15 minutes, then coated in powdered sugar. Makes approximately 70 Christmas cookies.

Slovak cuisine · Christmas cookies and baking · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Temperature: 180 °C (350 °F)
Servings: Approximately 70 cookies
Difficulty: Easy

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Medvedie labky, or bear paw cookies, are traditional Slovak Christmas cookies made with a buttery dough and shredded coconut, then baked in molds. Press the dough, made with all-purpose flour, coconut, powdered sugar, eggs, and room-temperature butter, into the molds so it is level with the rims. There is no need to grease the molds, as the dough contains enough fat.

Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes at 180 °C (350 °F), then remove them from the molds and dust with powdered sugar. For a dark version, add cocoa powder to the dough.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour 400 g
Shredded coconut (desiccated) 150 g
Eggs 2
Butter (or Palmarín baking margarine) 250 g
Powdered sugar 150 g
Baking powder (12 g) 1 packet
Powdered sugar for dusting

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Instructions

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Combine the flour, coconut, powdered sugar, baking powder, and 2 whole eggs in a bowl. Gradually add the room-temperature butter or margarine and work into a dough. For dark cookies, add cocoa powder to the dough.
Prepare the cookie molds. Do not grease them, as the dough contains enough fat, and fill them with dough.
Press the dough level with the rims of the molds, as it will rise during baking.
Bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for approximately 15 minutes. Turn the baked cookies out of the molds and let cool, then coat them in powdered sugar.

Tip: Let the baked cookies rest in their molds for a few minutes, as they break easily while hot. Then turn each mold upside down and tap its rim against a board to release the cookie.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 71 kcal
Protein: 0.9 g
Carbohydrates: 7.1 g
of which sugars: 2.3 g
Fat: 4.5 g
of which saturates: 3.1 g
Fiber: 0.5 g
Salt: 0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Vianočné kokosové medvedie labky s maslom