Chocolate-Coconut Chunks

These cookies have a great tropical flavor.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 36 chunks

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 cup sweet butter, softened
• 1  cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 2  large eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄3 cups  shredded coconut
• 12  ounces white chocolate, cut into small chunks
• 1  cup  coarsely chopped  macadamia nuts

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In a small bowl, combine the flour and the baking soda.
3. In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer.
4. Beat in the eggs and the vanilla extract.
5. Beat in the flour mixture, but be careful, don’t overmix it.
6. Stir in the coconut, white chocolate and macadamias.
7. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
8. I like to line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
9. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
10. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.