White Chocolate Coconut Cookies - soft sugar cookies packed with white chocolate and coconut. They melt in your mouth!
White chocolate and coconut. One of my favorite combos. I finally made it into a cookie! Soft, chewy, melt-in-your-mouth cookies!
Honestly, it would be quite embarrassing to admit how many of these I inhaled while they were still warm. They are just so good!
If you look at the recipe, you will notice that I used the same base as the Funfetti Birthday Cake Sugar Cookies. I can't get enough of this sugar cookie base. It's fantastic! The cookies come out soft and chewy and stay like that for at least 3 days. If you can keep them for that long from yourself and your family that is.
The last version of the sugar cookies was for my kids. This one is for me. It has two of my favorite ingredients and the base is the perfect binder for it all. I do not think it would be an over-statement to say that these are one of my favorite cookies I have made and shared on the blog. Right next to these Dark Chocolate Orange Cookies. YUM!
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The recipe is very simple. You need to whisk the dry ingredients, cream the wet and stir it all together. One thing about this dough - it produced better cookies if you chill it. You can scoop the dough and place on a sheet. Then freeze it if you don't plan on baking them anytime soon or chill for 2 hours (or overnight) and then bake. They will puff up while baking and deflate slightly while cooling.
I hope you will give these a go and let me know what you think! I love to hear your thoughts on the recipes I share here on the blog!
Enjoy, friends!
White Chocolate Coconut Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 and ¾ c all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ c unsalted butter softened
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 c unsweetened coconut
- 1 c white chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter and sugar. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients all at once and mix for 5 seconds.
- Add coconut and white chocolate chips and mix the dough until the flour is incorporated. Do not overmix.
- Chill the dough in the fridge for at least 2 hour, preferably overnight. You can scoop it out with a 1,5 tablespoon scoop onto a baking sheet and chill. (Chilled cookie dough can be tricky to scoop out.)
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Line a cookie sheet with a parchment paper.
- Scoop cookie dough with a 1,5 tablespoon size cookie scoop and place on the sheet.
- Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes ( 9 minutes was the magic number for me).
- Cool for 5 minutes on the sheet. Transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Dawn says
One part of the recipe calls for chilling the dough, but the next line says to just bake them. Which one is correct? I'm sure I'm just reading it wrong!
Cathy H says
On the white chocolate chip and coconut cookies I was in a hurry and did not chill them!!! They were perfect !!!❤️
Amy says
I have sweetened shredded coconut on hand. Would this work instead of buying unsweetened?
Anna says
Hi Amy! Yes, it will work. The cookies will be very sweet!
Tom says
It just says sweetened coconut, coconut what? Flour, dessicated coconut? It’s not very clear.
Anna says
Hi Tom! It should be shredded coconut. Sorry if it's not clear.
Shirlene says
Need to pre toast the coconut? Or use fresh shredded coconut?
Cathy H says
I toasted the sweetened shredded coconut and the cookies were delicious!!! And I did not chill the dough at all!!! Quick, easy and very delicious!!!
Cerri says
Been making these for years. I dust them with powdered sugar...so pretty. Original recipe from Great American Cookie recipe cards.
Christine says
I don’t understand why or how there would be a difference between scooping the flour with a measuring cup or spooning it in a cup. My dough was crumbly. 🤷🏻♀️
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Sounds like you added too much flour if the dough was crumbly. If you scoop it with the cup, you will use too much as the flour will be packed. Spooning is an accurate way to measure flour. I hope this helps! PS: Do not use unbleached flour to make these cookies.
taylor drake says
How do I fix the crumbly dough?
Anna says
If your dough is crumbly, then most likely you added too much flour. I suggest fluffing it in the container you store it and then scoop it with a spoon into a measuring cup. To fix already made dough, you can try adding one more egg.
Shelley says
Are they crumbly when you put them on the cookie sheet? I'm trying to make these now and the 1.5 Tbsp looks a lot bigger on my cookie sheet than the pic posted!!! Please HELP! They're for my daughters baby shower!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Shelley! The dough should not be crumbly. Did you measure out the flour correctly? You need to spoon it into the measuring cup, then level off the top. It sounds like you have too much flour in the dough. Let me know how it goes!
Michele says
Can you bake and freeze these? Thank you.
wedds says
These were awesome. I gotta admit I did not chill them tho. I popped them I to the oven right away and they came out like Sandies from the Keebler brand which I absolutely love!! Awesome recipe!! Thanks for sharing!!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi! I love it! I love Sandies too! So happy you tried the recipe and love it! Thank you so much for letting me know!
Danae says
At least you waited until the cookies came out of the oven, I probably would have eaten half the dough! I love the white chocolate coconut combo in these soft chewy cookies, yum!
Chelsea says
I love how you think - cookies just for the kids and some just for you 🙂 I think these would be the ones I want. Although, both would be pretty awesome 🙂 Pinning!
CrunchyCreamySw says
haha Thank you, Chelsea!
Nancy says
Anna, these definitely wouldn't last three days in my house. They look so soft and chewy! Love the white chocolate and coconut combo.
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you, Nancy! They sure do go fast!
Annie Miller says
I'm going cookie crazy this weekend!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Yay! Thank you, Annie!
ATasteOfMadness says
Why have I never tried this combo before?? This sounds divine
CrunchyCreamySw says
It's one of my favorite combos! Hope you will try these cookies!
Jessica says
I love the white chocolate and coconut combo! Soft, chewy cookies are the best!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Jessica! It really is a winner combo!
realfoodbydad says
I would inhale these coming out of the oven too. So great!!!!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Right?:) Thanks, Matt!
BabyJune says
These look awesome! Love the white chocolate + coconut combination, that sounds like a great one. Pinned to my cookies board 🙂
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you so much for pinning!!