Cookies for the Holidays

Dec 24, 2009

Coconut Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie

To continue my home made gifts to my family, I decided to make cookies. I'm really not much of a baker, just ask Mr. T who has to endure the pain of eating random cookies in order for me to make the perfect one. What don't I like about baking? The fact that I don't have control while it's in the oven cooking. I either under cook them or over cook them. When it comes to cooking, I can always add ingredients during the cooking process. Maybe I just need to practice, practice, and practice some more.

Ingredients: 

2 1/2 cups of flour

1 tsp of baking soda

1 tsp of salt

1 cup of butter, softened

1 cup of granulated sugar

1 cup of packed brown sugar

1 tsp of vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1 cup of chopped walnuts

1 cup of sweetened shredded coconut

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Shift flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs and beat well. Add dry ingredients gradually. Stir in morsels, nuts, and coconut.

Using a cookie scooper or tablespoons drop cookies onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 8-10 minute or until golden brown. Cool cookies on wire racks.

Macaroons

Ingredients:

14 oz of sweetened shredded coconut

1 cup of sugar

6 tbs of flour

4 egg whites

2 tsp of almond extract

1/4 tsp of salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Combine coconut, sugar, flour, almond extract, and salt. Whisk egg whites in a bowl until soft peaks start to form. Fold egg whites into the coconut mixture.

Drop the batter into a lined cookie sheet, approximately 2 tbs.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely