Oatmeal Coconut Cookies has the perfect flavor combination that has the chewiness from the oatmeal and the crunchiness from the toasted coconuts.
My list for the A-Z cooking has changed several times in the past couple of months. This alphabet change is the closest to the date that I have to schedule the post.
I had a regional recipe in mind for the alphabet, but that is when suddenly my son came up with the idea (or rather ordered) to make the Oatmeal Coconut Cookies.
We have eaten oatmeal cookies in the past and it was nothing out of ordinary, but the last month during our trip to Thousand Islands in Canada, he apparently ate the best oatmeal cookie in his life (He is 8yrs old). He absolutely wanted me to make this cookie for the alphabet O and was stuck on it.
My inspiration to make this cookie
I have to mention this place where we ate the cookie. This bakery was in a small island called Wolfe Island where we went by the ferry. The ferry took us and our car to this island and it was a really fun experience for the kids to be able to take the car on the ferry.
If you happen to visit this place ever, do not miss the corn maze in this particular little island. A local corn farmer creates this corn maze every year and it attracts thousands of visitors every season. After a fun day, we were on line to get in the ferry back to the main land. It was close to lunch time, but we did not want to go and eat anywhere because we were already in the line for the ferry loading and the lines were becoming big.
So there was this small bakery across from where the line was and as we still had about 40 mins to board the ferry, I and my son went to get little something to eat. I am so glad that we went to this bakery. We were able to buy our whole lunch there and it was amazing to find spicy hot vegetable puffs and the tiny single serve vegetable pizzas.
This bakery reminded me of the Indian bakeries where we can get the personal pizza. Also, that is where he got these oatmeal cookies for dessert. He has been hooked on to this ever since.
To fulfill my son’s request I had to make the oatmeal cookies for the A-Z marathon. The cookies had a distinct flavor of toasted coconuts and hence I chose this recipe from the cookie bible book.
The cookies got the chewiness from the oats and the crunchiness from the toasted coconut.
Ingredients
- Quick cooking oats – 2 cups
- Shredded coconut – 1 cup (I used desiccated coconut)
- Granulated sugar – ½ cup
- Butter – 1 cup (diced and at room temperature)
- Firmly packed dark brown sugar – ½ cup
- Eggs – 2
- Milk – 4 tbsp
- Vanilla extract – 1 ½ tsp
- Al purpose flour – 1 cup
- Baking soda – ½ tsp
- Salt – a pinch
- Ground cinnamon – 1 tsp
Procedure to make Oatmeal Coconut Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Sift the all purpose flour, baking soda and salt together and keep aside.
- Lightly grease two baking sheets and keep aside. Also grease the base of a glass and dip in some sugar and keep aside.
- In an ungreased pan, spread the oats and the coconut. Bake them for 8-10 mins or until golden brown and aromatic. Stir occasionally when toasting.
- Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar. Beat the eggs and then add the milk and vanilla.
- Now add the sifted dry ingredients and also add the oats. Stir to mix.
- With a rounded spoon, drop the dough onto the baking sheets and flatten with the sugared glass base.
- Bake for 8-10 mins. Cool on a wire rack.
- Store the Oatmeal Coconut Cookies in an airtight container.
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Recipe
OATMEAL COCONUT COOKIES
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 2 cups Quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup Shredded coconut I used desiccated coconut
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 cup Butter Diced and at room temperature
- ½ cup Dark brown sugar Firmly packed
- 2 Eggs
- 4 tablespoon Milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- a pinch Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Sift the all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt together and keep aside.
- Lightly grease two baking sheets and keep aside. Also, grease the base of a glass and dip in some sugar and keep aside.
- In an ungreased pan, spread the oats and the coconut. Bake them for 8-10 mins or until golden brown and aromatic. Stir occasionally when toasting.
- Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar. Beat the eggs and then add the milk and vanilla.
- Now add the sifted dry ingredients and also add the oats. Stir to mix.
- With a rounded spoon, drop the dough onto the baking sheets and flatten with the sugared glass base.
- Bake for 8-10 mins. Cool on a wire rack.
- Store the Oatmeal Coconut Cookies in an airtight container.
Archana Potdar says
Theselook so yummy an d delicious.
Preeti Garg says
Who can say no to this irresistible and mouthwatering cookies
veena krishnakumar says
cookies so crunchy and delicious!!
Harini-Jaya R says
the combo of oats and coconut sounds too good!
Pavani N says
Bookmarking this post for both the Cookie recipe and the info on the Canada Island. I would love to go there to see the corn maze and enjoy the cookies 🙂
Padmajha PJ says
I can imagine the tate of coconut in the cookies.No wonder the lil one is hooked to this 🙂
Srivalli says
Very lovely cookies..I have so many oats cookies to be baked..another one now..:)
Sandhya Karandikar says
Superb looking cookies.
Gayathri Kumar says
Very tasty and flavourful cookies...
vaishali sabnani says
Sometimes smaller joints have bigger and better stuff to offer..lovely flavorful cookies.love their texture.
Sona S says
delicious and yummy cookies.
Chef Mireille says
as a kid these were my fave oatmeal cookies and with coconut, I definitely want to try your version
divya says
WOW.. looks fantastic dear..
Suma Gandlur says
The cookies must be yummy with the addition of sweet coconut.
Sapana Behl says
Delicious and healthy cookies!
Manjula Bharath says
wow thats a very heathy cookie .. sovery well explained !! 🙂
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
perfectly baked yummy and healthy cookies!!
Sowmya
megha singhal says
great marathon contest and beautiful cookies:)
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rajani says
The cookies look great..And I hope your son loved it as much as he loved the ones from the bakery 🙂
Shree Kannepadi says
Yummy Cookies..
Shree
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Shama Nagarajan says
delicious and yummy
Priya Suresh says
Cookies looks extremely addictive, am yet to try this combo, now i can check with yours if am making some,thanks for sharing.