An adapted version of a Food & Wine recipe called Temptation Island cookies. Original recipe included golden raisins.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chewy, Temptation Island Cookies
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 28
Author Cookie Madness
Ingredients
3cupsunbleached all-purpose flour, stir and aerate well before measuring or weigh(380 grams)
2 ½teaspoonsbaking powder
2teaspoonsbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
2sticksunsalted butter, softened
2cupslight brown sugar
¼cupgranulated sugar
2large eggs
2teaspoonspure vanilla extract
1 ⅓cupsshredded coconut, sweetened
1cupextra dark chocolate chips
¾cupmacadamia nutschopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
In large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until the mixture is fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until they are combined. By hand or using lowest speed of the mixer, stir in the flour mixture.
Add coconut, chips, and nuts to the dough and stir well.
Using a heaping tablespoon, scoop up mounds of dough and arrange about 2 ½ inches apart on baking sheets. Bake one sheet at time for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are golden brown.