Cherry Coconut Hearts

I made these for my husband for Valentine's Day. He was pleasantly surprised!
I would add a bit more sugar next time as they didn't turn out very sweet, though still very tasty.

125g butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar or more
1 egg
2 cups wholemeal spelt flour (substitute 1 cup SR and 1 cup plain wheat flour and omit baking powder if you like)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
water
preserved cherries (available in a jar at Aldi stores)

Oven setting: 180 C
Baking time: 15 minutes

Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg and beat well. Add flour (with baking powder) and milk alternatively to form a firm dough. Add coconut and mix well. Add a little water if it's too dry.

Roll out mixture as thinly or thickly as you desire (I did 0.5cm); cut out shapes and place on a well-greased baking tray. Space the biscuits at least one cm apart from each other on the tray as they do 'grow' during baking.

Make slight indentations in the middle of each biscuit with your finger and place one cherry on each. You could put more on, but too many would hinder the baking process (it would make them too moist on top). Spread a little of the cherry juice around the biscuit with a teaspoon - not too much as it would make the dough too moist.

Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Loosen the biscuits from the tray while still hot (use a plastic egg flip). Leave them a few minutes then stack into your biscuit storage container.