Tropical Dried Fruit Choc Chip Cookies With a Crunch

Submitted by For Goodness Bake

"After spotting dried pineapple pieces at the grocery store, I had the idea of baking cookies which were different than the ordinary oatmeal raisin cookie. The rice krispies give them a nice crunch, but they are still chewy and soft with the coconut. Any type of dried fruit can be substituted for the pineapple pieces that I suggest. These cookies are sweet, so you may reduce the amount of sugar used, although I have not tried it. This batter is easily doubled."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 15-20 cookies
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup Rice Krispies
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (more if desired)
• 1⁄2 cup shredded coconut
• 3⁄4 cup dried pineapple, cut to size

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
2. Combine butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla; mix well.
4. Sift together flower and baking powder, gradually incorporate into wet mixture.
5. Fold in remaining ingredients.
6. Drop heaping spoonfuls or roll 1 inch balls of batter onto cookie sheet; bake 15 minutes until tops are golden brown.

Reviews

[mrsraesnyder]

forgot to add my stars!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Rather than using the pineapple for these, I used a diced, dry fruit mixture & they turned out very tasty! Did cut the brown suger back to a rounded 3/4 cup, but otherwise stuck to the recipe! A nice addition to the variety of cookies I'm selling today & tomorrow at a garage sale! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick-A-Chef]

 

[doobtones 2]

This sounds really good! I would try it also with white chocolate or butterscotch chips! YUM!