Coconut Pecan Cookie Recipe

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This coconut pecan cookie recipe is quick and easy. Vary the baking time to make either delicious chewy cookies or crispy dunkable ones.

Prep Time15

Cook Time12

Total Time27

Servings: cookies

Author: Marcellina

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick/115 grams) unsalted butter (at cool room temperature)
1 cup (200 grams) white granulated sugar
1 egg (at room temperature)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1¼ cup (156 grams) all purpose (plain) flour (sifted)
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup (80 grams) shredded or desiccated coconut (unsweetened )
½ cup (56 grams) chopped pecans

Instructions

Heat the oven to 350ºF/180ºC. Line two large baking sheets with non stick parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, beat the butter with a wooden spoon then stir in the sugar. Add the egg and the vanilla. Mix well. Or you can use an electric mixer just be sure not to over beat.
Sift or whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and add to the butter mixture. Then add desiccated unsweetened coconut and pecans. Stir well until thoroughly combined so that the flour is completely blended into the butter mixture.
Roll small balls about the size of a walnut (or use a appropriately sized cookie scoop) and place a little distance apart on the baking sheet. Aim to make about 28 even sized balls.
For chewy cookies, bake for 10-11 minutes. For crispy cookies bake for 15-20 minutes. Turn the baking sheets around and switch them from the top to the bottom rack if you find that one sheet of cookies is browning more than the other. For best results, bake one baking sheet of cookies at a time.
The cookies will puff up and then as they cook will flatten a little, that's when you know they are ready and will be a little browned around the edges and starting to color on the top.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for one or two minute before transferring onto wire racks to cool.

Notes

Substitutions and Variations

Use 1/2 cup of self rising flour instead of all purpose flour and baking powder.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or cardamom.
Drizzle with melted chocolate.

Baking Times

Baking time will depend on many factors, the first one being if you like your cookies chewy or crispy and dunkable. Bake for 10 minutes for chewy or longer 15-20 minutes for crispy.

Another variable when baking is if the cookies are baked one sheet at a time or if the oven is loaded with all the cookies to be baked at once. An oven that is fully loaded with all the cookies baking at once will take longer to cook the cookies. Either methods will work, however you will need to adjust the baking times.

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