Coconut Cookies are always a favorite holiday cookie recipe! These easy Coconut Dream Cookies are filled with mounds of coconut and chocolate are a delicious treat for the coconut lover!
These Coconut Dreams Cookies are really perfect for all those Christmas cookie platters and as a food gift this season.
Seriously, since they are filled with mounds of coconut and little bits of chocolate, these little coconut cookies are like a dream come true. Especially to the coconut lover. Thankfully, that’d be the Mister.
Coconut Dreams Cookies
Any dessert with coconut definitely gets Bart’s attention. From Coconut Cream Pie, Coconut Cake, to these little coconut cookies, coconut treats are favorites of his. And it sure is easy to understand why.
How to Make Coconut Dreams Cookies
These little coconut cookies are super easy to make and are always such delicious treats!
Here’s how you make them.
As you preheat the oven, line baking sheets with parchment or non-stick baking mats.
You’ll then use your electric mixer to cream together the coconut oil, or shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Then you will mix in the egg and vanilla.
Then whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl.
Once the dry ingredients are combined, mix into the shortening and sugar mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
Then you simply drop the cookie dough by the tablespoon onto your prepared baking sheets, making sure to leave about 1 1/2-inches between each cookie. Bake them for 12-15 minutes until the cookies have turned lightly brown and are set. Allow to cool completely and store your Coconut Dreams cookies in an airtight container.
Make-Ahead Coconut Dreams Cookies
For an easy make ahead cookie recipe, prepare your Coconut Dreams cookie dough and drop onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Place into the freezer and freeze for 30 minutes. Transfer your cookies to a freezer-safe zip top bag and store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Here’s my Coconut Dreams Cookies recipe. Make them soon for the coconut lover in your life! I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Coconut Dream Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (92 g) shortening
- 3/4 cup (149 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large (50 g) egg
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) vanilla extract
- 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 g) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (1 g) Kosher salt
- 1 cup (170 g) chocolate chips (mini), or 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup (85 g) sweetened coconut flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325º F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or a non-stick baking mat.
- Cream together the coconut oil (or shortening) and sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Mix in the egg and vanilla. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix into the shortening and sugar mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
- Drop cookie dough by the tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets, leaving about 1 1/2-inches between each cookie. Bake for 12-15 minutes until the cookies have turned lightly brown and are set. Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Happy Cookie Making!
Robyn xo
From the Add a Pinch recipe archives. Originally published 2013.
Wondering how many cookies does the recipe make? Thanks.
Hi Belinda,
The yield is about 20 cookies.
Mine spread quite a bit, and it took them about 25 minutes at 325 to get to the stage I wanted them. I think next time I will refrigerate the dough, bake at 350 and toast the almonds a bit more first. But, they were totally fabulous! Crunch, chewy, and full of flavor. I can see these moving up to the top of the list of favorites. And, everything was on hand and I didn’t need to go to the grocery store first. So, they were convenient. And, it was only 20 cookies, so it was very fast filling only one cookie sheet. You have a winner here!
almond???
Robyn, thank you. I love, love, love all things coconut so I tried these immediately after reading the post/recipe. I chill the dough before placing on a cookie sheet. For my daughter and her friends I use multi-colored rainbow chips for some fun. They look so great in this white cookie. I have made them twice now and they will be staple in our family’s cookie jar. Yum – tender, chewy with a bit of crunch.
I’m so glad you and your family enjoyed these! They are one of my husband’s favorites, too!
I would like to pin this recipe and others but you do not have a way to do that, when i hit the Pin on the top of the recipe it goes to your PIN page and i am not able to find the recipe, other recipes have the PIN right next to the recipe and i just click on it, thanks for the help
I just made these. They are so yummy. The next time I will add less sugar and only half of the chocolate chips. The coconut taste gets a little lost.a
So simple and so good 🙂
Can I add coconut extract to the shortening if I don’t have firm coconut oil? Can’t wait to make these:-)
I added an extra heaping tablespoon of flour and they baked for 30 minutes at 350 and they came out great . I used shortning, not coconut oil.
Four words. Absolutely Delicious:-) Thanks Robyn:-)
I made these during the holidays for a party and the plate was cleared right away. They came out flatter than yours but taste was not compromised. Great recipe because I always have these ingredients in hand.
This is my first time trying the cookie and it is great. Friends and Family loved it
These cookies are heavenly!! My husband loved them, as did another friend. I am making them again this weekend for a cookie swap. This is one cookie recipe that’s a keeper!