Still more holiday baking…. As an added bonus, today is also National Cookie Day.
It’s not often that I bake with coconut. Quinn is vehemently opposed to it. However, with all the holiday baking I’ve been doing, it’s much easier to justify baking with it. There are plenty of people out there who share my love of coconut.
Over at My Recipes, there are all kinds of holiday food guides, including one just for cookies. This recipe comes from that cookie guide. I made sure to wait to bake them until I had plenty of other cookies around that didn’t have coconut.
I didn’t chop the macadamias at all, and I really liked having them whole inside the cookies. It seemed to give them more of a candy-like quality. That also adds a big crunch to the chewy cookie. To me, the coconut is not a predominant flavor. Even with that argument, Quinn still wouldn’t touch them. I gave the vast majority of these cookies away, but I saved a few just for me.
The recipe describes these cookies as tasting like “chocolate-covered macadamia nut candies,” and I have to agree. They are very rich and even more delicious. As rich as they are, I can really only eat one at a time. That’s okay, though, because I’ll just have them around longer.
BoB’s sparse coconut collection:
- Toasted Coconut Washboards
- Italian Cream Cake
- Holiday Date Balls
- German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan Sauce
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December 4th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Chocolate and macadamia nuts must have tasted so good together. I wish I could have some of these cookies! (*hint hint*)
December 4th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Big coconut fan here! I always appreciate the related recipes, too.
December 5th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Jen, these look really delicious!
December 5th, 2007 at 7:53 am
Fantastic! Thanks for showing us your yummy results.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Thanks for the compliments, everyone!
Mandy, your subtlety is impressive! You’re only about 6 hours away, so you could have easily dropped by for some of these!
December 5th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
wow… did i seriously miss national cookie day??? those look delicious!
December 9th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Sorry you missed it, sugarlaws. Although, I’m all for making every day Cookie Day!
February 29th, 2008 at 1:22 am
I was doing a search for certain ingredients and one I found was this one on your blog. I made them today, and also blogged about them, and you
Check it out! I wish I could say how they tasted, but my senses are out of whack, being sick and all. Ugh.
February 29th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Rachelle, I hope you like the cookies when your taste returns. Feel better soon!