Coconut Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies

I recently decided to experiment with coconuts. In like, I bought an ACTUAL coconut and broke it open. As someone who decided as a child that she hated coconut, but as an adult actually really likes it, I really do not have that much experience with coconut. So when I came across a recipe to make homemade coconut milk, I decided that that would be the first thing I should do! And it was so flippin' easy. But, I had all this coconut pulp left over that was still good! So I decided to try it in these cookies, I'd like to call "C to the power of 5"... but I won't, cause that might be a little too nerdy.

(ok, I'm done now)

Coconut Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies

by quinnstitch.blogspot.com
yield: 2 dozen
[printable recipe]

Ingredients
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup shredded coconut

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
3. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and sugar until creamy and smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla until smooth.
4. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
5. Stir in coconut and chocolate chips
6. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto parchment paper.
7. Bake 11-13 minutes or until the edges are set. Wait a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Cool completely.

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How to make: Grandma Meyers Sugar Cookies

Today we are going to make sugar cookies.  Not just any ordinary sugar cookie, Grandma Meyers Sugar Cookies!

Look at these beauties!

I have no idea where this recipe actually came from, if my grandma made it up or got it from somewhere else.  Either way, this recipe has been in our family for a long time.  While the eggnog cookies I made before tasted like Christmas, these cookies feel like Christmas.  For as long as I can remember, we've made these cookies as a family during the holiday season, and it continues to this day.  My sister normally makes the cookies for the family, but I try to make them each year, even if it's just a small batch for Andy and me.  

This recipe is so good, I have TWO copies of it!  

Gather your ingredients...

Grandma Meyers Sugar Cookies
(1/2 recipe, makes 3 dozen cookies)

1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 cups flour


Begin by mixing your sugar and shortening with an electric mixer.

Add your egg:

Add your vanilla and milk:

Combine all your dry ingredients separately and then add to the wet mixture slowly until all combined:

At this point, you may want to chill your dough for an hour or two or overnight.  I normally am not patient for this and keep going (which is ok), but the dough will be easier to work with if it's chilled.  When you're ready, turn your dough out onto a floured surface:

Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick, and start cutting with cute cookies cutters!

Place cookies on a greased cookie sheet.  I've been using this silicone baking surface lately.  If you use one of these, you do not need to grease the surface.

Bake for 4-7 minutes in a 425 degree oven.  You'll want to take extra care to watch these cookies while they cook.  They will burn very easily, depending on the exact temperature of your oven and the time they are left in.  You'll want to take them out when you see the edges just starting to brown.

The finished product!

Now you're ready to frost.  I make my frosting out of confectioner's sugar and water with a few drops of food coloring.

Serve with a cup of eggnog and enjoy!

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