Chewy Coconut Macadamia Nut Cookies Recipes

COCONUT MACADAMIA NUT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• All ingredients should be at room temperature. Preheat oven to 350F and line a sheet pan with parchment (or Silpat).
• Sift together the all purpose, whole wheat and almond flours together with the baking soda, salt and cornstarch. Set aside.
• With the paddle attachment on a stand mixer, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth about 2 minutes on medium speed.
• Drop one egg into the butter mixture and mix until just incorporated. Scrape the bowl down. Drop the second egg in and mix just until incorporated. Add the flour mixture in two separate batches, pulsing the flour in and scraping the bowl down after each batch of flour is mixed in. Mix just until incorporated.
• Add the nuts, chocolate chips and shredded coconut, pulsing to incorporate first, then mixing on low speed until the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
• Use a #20 scoop (1.75 oz ea or 3.25 TBS ea) to scoop 6 cookies per sheet pan. *For a smaller cookie, see notes below. Bake for 20 minutes in a 350F oven. Rotate sheet pan 1/2 way through baking. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes on the sheet pan. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before placing in a lidded container. Add a small slice of bread to the cookie jar to keep the cookies fresh.

MACADAMIA-COCONUT COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for cookies. Stir until soft dough forms.
• Drop cookie dough by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove from oven and cool 1 minute.

CHEWY COCONUT MACADAMIA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. and butter a 13- by 9-inch baking pan.
• Make shortbread layer:
• In a food processor pulse shortbread ingredients until mixture just forms a dough. Pat dough evenly onto bottom of pan and bake 20 minutes, or until pale golden.
• Make topping while shortbread is baking:
• In a large saucepan melt butter over low heat and remove pan from heat. Whisk in brown sugar until dissolved and whisk in coconut cream, heavy cream, and lemon juice until combined well. Stir in flaked coconut and nuts.
• Pour topping over shortbread. Reduce temperature to 325° F. and bake confection until top is golden and center is bubbling, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool confection completely in pan on a rack and cut into bars. Bars may be made ahead and kept, wrapped well, chilled 4 days or frozen 3 weeks. Serve bars chilled or at room temperature.