White Chocolate-Coconut Cookies

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2007

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Great Bake-off

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (80)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(80)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 1/2 dozen cookies

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 20 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 45 min

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup quick cooking oats
3/4 cup shredded coconut flakes

For garnish:

8 ounces white chocolate, melted
3/4 cup toasted, shredded coconut flakes

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the baking powder, baking soda, flour and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy with a hand held electric mixer. Beat in the egg. Add the dry ingredients and beat until just combined. Fold in the oats, vanilla extract and shredded coconut flakes.

Form walnut-sized balls of the mixture and drop 2 inches apart onto parchment paper-lined sheet pans. Bake in a preheated oven for about 10 minutes until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely.

When the cookies are cool, dip them halfway into the melted white chocolate and then into the toasted shredded coconut flakes. Set them down onto parchment paper-lined sheet pans to dry completely.

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recipe White Chocolate-Coconut Cookies
Mark Hull, MA 02-22-2010
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Adjustments Necessary
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

When I watched her make these cookies, and then compared the show to the recipe, I knew mistakes had been made. First off,... you need two eggs, NOT one, and you also need to include at least 1 cup of granulated sugar to supplement the 1/2 cup of brown sugar to hold these together. Making these adjustments, you'll have a good tasting, firm cookie. Read more
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Tracy Monmouth Junction, NJ 01-29-2010
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Easy and Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Thanks Paula! These cookies came out fabulous. I made them a little bit bigger than a walnut size and they came out... perfect. Everyone in my family loved them..Read more
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Cindy Cable, WI 01-03-2010
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Glad I read the comments
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I used one more egg, uses half regular sugar and half brown sugar. I left out the rolled oats and put some white chocolate... chips in the batter. The cookies came out moist and good. Nect time I make them I think I will try adding some pecan pieces to replace the rolled oats for a little more textureRead more
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kimberly connelly springs , NC 12-31-2009
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sooo disapointed !!!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Oh my, what is Paula making today - cookies!! Got my little pen out and with rapt attention wrote every ingredient and... instruction down. Drove to the store thinking of how I was going to wow my family with another Paula Dean gem. So excited as I got every thing ready ! Measure , mix , and place! (Batter seemed a little dry , but Its Paulas recipe so on we go!) Oh joy the timer goes off !! Open the door and Walaaaaaaaaaa- what is that !!! Paula , love ya hon - but this was the worst cookie I ever tasted ( well not the worst- my neice made one that - well lets not go there) Cookie didnt flatten out , was too dry/salty and no sweetness ( white chocolate can only help so much!) . Thought I had written it down wrong or something , so threw out 1st batch and went online to print out recipe ( should have read the reviews!) .This time I even shifted the flour to make sure I didnt use too much!! Still horrible- let me put it this way the "human garbage disposal" in our family wouldnt even eat more than 1 bite!! After reading the reviews might try again later with the adjustments the other reviewers suggested! For those who say this is a great cookie- Please send me the recipe you have - maybe it is different from the one I have . Still love ya Paula but next time will definately read reviews first!!!Read more
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Karin N Las Vegas, NV 12-31-2009
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Sooooo DISAPPOINTED!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I usaually love all of Paula's recipes. But they came out very dry and no flavor. My kids wouldn't even eat them and they eat... everything. Only cooked have the batch and threw the rest away. I wasted alot.Read more
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Jessica Roswell, GA 12-30-2009
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Excellent taste, hard to flatten
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The cookies were delicious - however, like other reviews, they didn't flatten and they were crumble. Seemed a bit dry - but... tasted amazing nonetheless. Next time I might add another egg or so..Read more