For the entire month of March, I'm making & writing about recipes from
Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook, Austin Edition, Volume 3 from
History Press. This cookbook features stories about & recipes from some of Austin's best food trucks.
To start my March off, I decided to try out the
Big Chewy Coconut Cookies recipe from Little Big Mike's. I have a love for baking & an even bigger love for anything sweet, so this was the perfect beginning for my
Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook journey.
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Big Chewy Coconut Cookies |
After initially reading the recipe, I was a little skeptical that I could pull these off well. It calls for baking the cookies for 20 minutes. Really? I do good to watch the oven for 8 minutes...I was a little afraid these cookies were going to be toast. It also calls for mixing the fats & sugar until smooth with a wooden spoon. I've never heard of doing that & I wasn't sure my arm could keep stirring for that long. For this job, I enlisted my husband Andrew to be the muscle. And he rocked it. (Thanks honey!) But I knew given my fondness for coconut & cookies made with shortening (you KNOW that'll be tasty!) I had to give these a shot.
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The recipe started out easy enough by measuring the dry ingredients. |
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And what's cookies without eggs & vanilla? |
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Things got interesting when it called for mixing the sugar & fats separatly with a wooden spoon. Until smooth! |
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But thanks to Andrew's handy-work, that was no problem! |
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After mixing everything in & adding the star (coconut of course!), they were ready for some heat. |
I am so glad that I didn't let my worries keep me from baking up these coconut gems. They came out soft & chewy, but with just a little bit of crunch around the edges & enough coconut goodness to make them absolutely delicious. They reminded me of a macaroon but without that overly sweet stickiness. These are definitely being entered into my regular cookie baking rotation.
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Big Chewy Coconut Cookies |
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