Coconut Chocolate Cakes (Cookies)

Every night our front door step is filled with cookies at Christmastime. It has been so fun. I love seeing the Christmas bags nicely decorated adorning our front step, then filled with delicious goodness. This got me thinking. I wanted to create my OWN cookie. I came up with Coconut Chocolate Cakes (Cookies).

My dear blogging friend, Barbara from The Everyday Home is hosting a cookie exchange today. I am excited to join several other bloggers to share our Christmas cookie recipes.

 

Last week I was fiddling around in the kitchen with some new ideas for cookies to share during the holidays.  I love my own recipe for Toasted Almond Russian Tea Cakes. But this year I wanted to try something  just a little different.  I had fun “playing” while I came up with this recipe:

Have you ever made up your own cookie recipe? I like experimenting to see what works best. I played around a little bit and came up with Coconut Chocolate Cakes.

{Meegan’s Coconut Chocolate Cakes}

Mix thoroughly:

1 cup butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 tsp coconut flavoring

Work in until dough holds together:

2 1/4 cups flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup shredded coconut

Roll dough by tablespoonfuls with 4-5 chocolate chips inside.  Place onto ungreased baking sheet.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until set but not brown.  While warm, roll the cookie in powdered sugar.  About 5 minutes later roll in powdered sugar again.

Seriously like a  melted chocolatey, coconutty mouth of goodness.  YUMmmmmmmmm….

Let me know if you give it a try.

Our Coconut Chocolate Cakes were gone very quickly!!

Have YOU ever made up your own cookie recipe before? I have a couple of times, and it is really fun with trial and error to see what I can come up with. I

I hope you are have a lovely Christmas season filled with family and those you hold dear to your heart.

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