Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Category
Dessert
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Cusine
American
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 1/3 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375˚F. Place a rack in the middle of the oven. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment.
In a small mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
With an electric mixer or in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat together the granulated sugar and butter on medium speed until combined, 30 to 60 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a bowl scraper and the beaters.
Add the two eggs and vanilla to the butter-sugar mixture and beat at medium speed until no clumps or streaks remain, 20 to 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and the beaters.
Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed just until almost all of the flour has been incorporated, 20 to 40 seconds.
Add in the shredded coconut and chocolate chips and beat on low speed until the shredded coconut and chocolate chips are evenly incorporated.
If your dough feels very soft or warm at this point, chill the dough for 30 minutes before scooping and baking. This will help the cookies keep their domed shape a better. It's also fine to use the dough right away, but except the cookies to spread a little more than pictured.
Use a large cookie scoop to scoop the dough out onto one of the baking sheets. Space the cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart. Leave as is for domed cookies, or flatten slightly with the bottom of a water glass for flat cookies.
Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, for about 15 minutes. Rotate your cookie sheet halfway through cooking so the cookies bake evenly. While the first batch bakes, scoop the cookies for the next batch.
The cookies are done when the bottoms are golden brown and the tops feel dry. The cookies will be soft when first out of the oven, but will firm up as they cool.
Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cookies will keep in an airtight container for about a week, or in the freeze for 3 months. You can also freeze the balls of unbaked cookie dough; bake straight from the freezer and add a few extra minutes onto the bake time.