Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Coconut, Peanut Butter Chip, & Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I’ve been on a cookie kick this summer.  Or rather, I’ve really been on a cookie kick this summer.  Since high school cookies have been one of my favorite things to make for a lot of reasons.  One reason being that once you get the pattern behind making them down the process itself is fairly calming: cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and vanilla, and slowly add in the dry ingredients. Another reason being that they’re so incredibly versatile and once you’re comfortable with a recipe (or bored with one) you can play around with it and do what you want.

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The second reason is exactly where the inspiration for these cookies came from. Well, sort of where the inspiration for these cookies came from... hunger played a major role as did only having coconut, peanut butter chips and chocolate chips in my pantry.  Between my kitchen’s mysterious lack of butter and my obvious lack of a real recipe for these cookies I went to work on cookies that were potentially destined for disaster.

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These cookies were anything but disastrous.  They turned out to be delicious; not only were they chewy and crunchy at the same time, but also simultaneously flaky and dense. And the coconut, peanut butter chips and chocolate chips?  They were amazing together.  I’m not the type of person to toot my own horn, but when it comes to cookies I  know what I like, and these cookies were some of the best that I’ve ever eaten.  

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I could go on talking about them for hours, or you could just try to make them yourself.  They’re your basic recipe and you don’t need to refrigerate the dough, just mix everything together and put onto a cookie sheet.  So stop reading this post and go make them.  No really, go make them now.  

Here’s what you’ll need:
½ cup vegetable shortening
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar
1 egg
½ -⅔ tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp salt
½ cup chocolate chips
½ cup peanut butter chips
1 cup coconut flakes

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Mix the shortening and sugars together until smooth and then add the egg and vanilla.  

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Add the flour, baking soda, and salt into the bowl and fold into the dough until it’s fully incorporated. 

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 Fold the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and coconut flakes into the dough and mix together.   

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Place the dough on a baking sheet and flatten the cookies a bit with your fingers.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.  Take out of the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes before taking them off of the baking sheet.  


Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Mix the shortening and sugars together until smooth and then add the egg and vanilla.  Add the flour, baking soda, and salt into the bowl and fold into the dough until it’s fully incorporated.  Fold the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and coconut flakes into the dough and mix together.   
Place the dough on a baking sheet and flatten the cookies a bit with your fingers.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.  Take out of the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes before taking them off of the baking sheet.  

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