Coconut Cashew Drop Cookies

Submitted by *Parsley*

"These are delicious! A more "grown up" kinda cookie. For extra flavor, toast the coconut and/or cashews."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped cashews

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. In large bowl, beat together butter, the sugars, vanilla and egg until creamy. Gradually stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in coconut and cashews and blend well.
3. Drop dough by tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets; flatten slightly.
4. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool completely.

Reviews

[chettech]

Excellent! Chewy and crunchy - my favorite! Made mine into balls a bit bigger than the drop tablespoon and cooked for 15 minutes.

 

[muffinlady]

My oh my how good. I did make a change so maybe it was too much to still be called the same recipe. I toasted cashews and Coconut but the addition was one 8 ounce can of crushed pineapple drained. Kind of a Pina Colata taste. :yummy: with the additon of pineapple your dough will not be stiff and you have no need to knead in other ingredients.

 

[appleydapply]

Delicious! I subbed macadamia nuts for the cashews, but I will definitely try again with cashews - I think either nut goes fabulously with coconut. I didn't have the same problem with the batter as Felix4067 did...my butter was extremely soft, though, as it had sat out for a while in a warm kitchen.

 

[Felix4067]

These are the chewiest, crunchiest, yummiest cookies I've made in a long time! The batter is incredibly stiff (I had to add almost 1/4 cup of milk to get the flour to completely incorporate), and after asking a panicked question mid-mixing I discovered the coconut and cashews should be kneaded in with your hands. FABULOUS! I doubled the batch and got two cookies shy of eight dozen. Thanks *Parsley* for not only an amazing recipe but for such a quick response to my question!

 

[Chicagopm]

Well, I'm not a big fan of coconut, but the person I'm giving these to loves that stuff! I did twist my own arm and tasted one before I gave them away. I liked the combination of cashews and coconut in this cookie. I do think that the number of servings is way more than 36. Because I am somewhat anal retentive, I used a measuring spoon (tablespoon sized) to measure out the dough. I got 62 cookies that were more than 2.25" in diameter. Since I don't like soft cookies very much, I baked these for almost 14 minutes and they were completely golden brown. I know that my friend will love these! Thank you for posting this recipe!