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Chewy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

June 17, 2016 by Katie

Using coconut oil and shredded coconut, this recipe takes oatmeal cookies to the next level for a flavorful, chewy dessert you can’t get enough of.

Chewy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

I’m a strong advocate for chocolate chip cookies. In fact, I rarely make cookies without using chocolate chips. They’re basically the point of cookies to me – that is, most of the time. Once in a great, great while, I make a recipe, and it holds its own without the need for chocolate. This happened with the almond oatmeal cookies I made forever ago. This also happened a few evenings ago when I made a batch of these coconut oatmeal cookies.

Holy discs of chewy happiness – these cookies are out. of. this. world. I don’t know what happened in my kitchen, but God has blessed it. I used a random coconut oatmeal recipe I found online as a base, then tweaked it like woa to my liking to create what is now my favorite non-chocolate chip cookies.

Chewy Coconut Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

The coconut flavor in these oatmeal cookies is achieved through sweetened, shredded coconut as well as a bit of melted coconut oil. The coupling of these ingredients makes for the most beautiful burst of coconut flavor – it’s like a tropical party in my mouth…but with a bunch of oatmeal involved.

Coconut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

I combined a bunch of the usual cookies ingredients, but instead of the butter, I used about half melted coconut oil, half softened butter. I’ve used coconut oil in baked goods before, and while it usually works, I don’t like how hard the food gets in the fridge and how crumbly it is at room temperature. Curse you, coconut oil, for adjusting to temperature so fast! I figured keeping half the amount of butter would keep things together, and that it did.

The trick with making sure these cookies are the right consistency is to use melted coconut oil and softened butter. If you melt both, your dough will be too thin. And if you use solidified coconut oil, it might not incorporate evenly into the dough. If for some reason you’re worried about your dough being too thin, you  can easily stick it in the fridge for about 30 minutes. You shouldn’t need to, though.

Adapted from Averie Cooks.

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Chewy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: About 22 cookies

Chewy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1/4 cup salted butter (half stick), softened
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tbs vanilla extract
  • 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • Dash of sea salt

Instructions:

  1. In a medium bowl, stir together the coconut, oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a separate bowl, cream together the sugars, coconut oil, and butter. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
  3. Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture, stirring until just incorporated.
  4. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet by rounded tablespoons.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 11-13 minutes, or until tops have started to turn golden brown.
  6. After a couple minutes, transfer to wire racks for cooling.
  7. Enjoy immediately or store at room temperature or in the fridge.
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Grab a glass of milk, and dig into these bad boys.

I kept mine in the fridge to help them keep longer, which, in retrospect, was absolutely ridiculous because these vanished within days.

Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Now that I’ve talked up these cookies to such a ridiculous degree, I sincerely apologize if your high hopes lead to disappointment. I just don’t think that’s possible though. 😉

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Comments

  1. Melissa says

    June 17, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    Coconut is my FAVE. I have been dying to bake anything since I haven’t had an oven for about two months. Putting this on my list to bake when I move in my new house!

    • Katie says

      June 18, 2016 at 9:56 am

      Aww yay!! I’d be so sad to be oven-less for so long. Hope you enjoy these when you finally get the chance to make them! 🙂

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