How To Make Big Island Cookies
These big island cookies are loaded with coconut flavor and are a nice sweet and slightly salty treat. These cookies are soft, crispy, & nutty all at once.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2¼cupall-purpose flour
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tspsalt
- ¾cupcoconut oil,softened
- ¾cuplight brown sugar,packed
- ⅔cupgranulated sugar
- 2large eggs
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 1¼cupswhite chocolate chips
- ¾cupmacadamia nuts,dry roasted, chopped
- 1cupsweetened coconut
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and spread out coconut.
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Bake coconut for 7 to 10 minutes until toasted. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Meanwhile, make dough.
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In a mixing bowl, combine flour, soda, and salt. Set aside
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream coconut oil and sugars together for about 4 minutes or until fluffy.
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Mix in the eggs one at a time until incorporated and then mix in the vanilla.
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Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
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Fold in the chips, nuts, and toasted coconut until evenly dispersed.
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Roll dough into balls and place on a baking sheet lined with Silpat mat or parchment paper. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until edges are golden. Leave cookies on the pan for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Nutrition
- Calories: 188.92kcal
- Fat: 11.56g
- Saturated Fat: 7.40g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.10g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.33g
- Carbohydrates: 20.26g
- Fiber: 0.80g
- Sugar: 12.51g
- Protein: 2.16g
- Cholesterol: 13.89mg
- Sodium: 92.14mg
- Calcium: 23.68mg
- Potassium: 61.84mg
- Iron: 0.73mg
- Vitamin A: 5.97µg
- Vitamin C: 0.16mg
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