These are my new favorite cookie. There, I said it. And I hope this cookie and this cookie and this cookie aren’t jealous since I’ve declared them all to be my favorite in days gone past.
This new love is my Aunt Laurie’s recipe (sister to the famed Aunt Marilyn), sent to me by Stacey, my cousin, Laurie’s daughter. Following?
Anyhow, Cousin Stacey and Aunt Laurie instantly catapulted to favorite-extended-family status after I made this recipe. And then I instantly demoted them based on the number of calories I consumed after making and devouring these cookies twice in one week.
These cookies are buttery, soft, chewy, filled with coconut and oatmeal…and that all adds up to being some of the best cookies ever. Plus, the baked cookies freeze wonderfully. Not that they’ll make it that far.
One Year Ago: Gingerbread White Chocolate Blondies
Two Years Ago: Pineapple Meatballs
Oatmeal Coconut Chewies
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*Note: A couple of the times I’ve made these, I have substituted white wheat flour for the all-purpose and they turned out delicious!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened to cool room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup shredded, sweetened coconut
1 cup quick oats
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl cream together the sugar, eggs, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased or lined (silpat or parchment) baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes, until the cookies are set but not overly browned (bake a few minutes longer for a crispier version).
Recipe Source: my Aunt Laurie via my cousin Stacey B.
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My 2 1/2 year old son and I made these this morning. I’ve eaten 4 already, and he said “These are good cookies”. Yup, they’re delicious!!! Thank you for the recipe!
I was searching for cookies and stumbled upon these. These are Perfect in every way..taste, texture totally my new favorite…we couldn’t stay out of them!! Such an easy recipe and soooooooo goooood!!! Thank you for sharing your Aunt’s recipe.
Delicious discovery tonight! We did half plain and half with dried cranberries. I keep taste testing to see which I like better. More research required now that kids are in bed…
We Love Love Love these cookies, I added white chips to the recipe and they were delicious!
These are SO good!! It was hard not to sit down and just eat them all with a tall glass of milk! Making them for a baking exchange this week. Hope everyone loves them as much as I do.
Mel – while I am never disappointed in your recipes – I have to submit the following recipe for you to try. While your cookies were good …. I think you should try these !!!
1/2 c. shortening (not liquid)
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. lite brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla (Watkins user !)
2 Tbl milk
cream the above adding 1 ingred at a time. Then stir/mix on low speed the following:
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp baking pwdr
1/4 tsp salt
Stir in following:
1 c. quick oats
1 c. rice kris pies
1 c. coconut
Drop by spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet – I use parchment paper
Bake 375 – 10 +/- min or until lite golden brown. Cool on wire rack.
this recipe makes 3 doz – doubles nicely. Cookies freeze well.
These are in the oven stinking up the house with delicious scent as I type! The dough was tasty, so I know the cookies are going to be good. Thanks for sharing.
This is a fabulous recipe and has become a favorite in our house! Thank you so much! I just love this blog and look forward to trying more of your recipes!
I’m making these today…pretty excited!
I made these yesterday and they were delicious! I don’t know how I didn’t see them before because I have been following your blog for awhile now. I must have overlooked them somehow. I also want to take a second to say thank you for doing what you love with character and integrity. So many bloggers use there blog as a soapbox to talk about a lot of things that have nothing to do with food. They rant about their spouses or social media and then have some strange segue into their recipe. I greatly appreciate the fact that you don’t. Thank you so much!!
These are my new favorite cookies! I added white chocolate chips…delicious!
Oh my gosh, we just made these and they are amazing! I personally wouldn’t add anything to them. It’s just the perfect combo of sweetness. These would be great to take to a new mom in the hospital or to have for tea or at a shower. I’m excited to try more of your recipes Mel – I’m new to your blog.
AMAZING!!! new favorite cookie!!!! Thank you so much!!
I saw these on Pinterest last night and made them immediately. They are delicious! I ran out of vanilla so I substituted 2 tsp of maple syrup and couldn’t tell the difference. Yum!!
Officially addicted to these cookies – I am going to have to force myself to make any other cookie! Are there any other cookies on your site that are as chewy and delicious as these… just wondering?
Hi, Mel,
In case you want to check it out… http://cookingmisadventures.com/2012/02/21/oatmeal-coconut-chocolate-chip-cookies/ Happy Tuesday! ~ Courtney
As always your recipe was divine! I posted about it, gave you credit, and linked back.
I made these for my co-workers yesterday and they were a big hit! My boys loved them as well and my husband said “Maybe the best cookie EVER.:” Thanks for sharing this recipe!
I saw this recipe and wanted to make them right away and did! I made a mistake in the recipe which turned out to be a delicious mistake! I accidentally put only 1 1/2 cups of flower instead of 2 1/2 but they turned out even more amazing! I brought them to work and they were gone in an instant! Next time, I may have to add some chocolate chips, yum!
I came across your recipe on Pinterest. These are absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!!!! They are very refreshing and you don’t get an overwhelming taste of either the oatmeal or coconut!! It’s a perfect blend of everything!! The batter was hard not to eat…
The only “issue” is that I put them in for the full 11 minutes but the centers were still all raw… had to bake them an extra 7 or more minutes! Not sure if I did something wrong, or that’s just the way my pan and/or oven is. I was able to get 41 cookies out of this using an Oxo brand medium cookie scoop.
OH MY WORD!! YUM! I found this recipe on Pinterest. I gave my FIL a dessert coupon book for Christmas and this is the recipe I used for March. I couldn’t stop eating the dough and I’ve had more than my share of cookies as well. I’m still trying to convince myself that I need to give him more cookies. LOL! He loved them as well. He isn’t a fan of chocolate and loves coconut so these were perfect! I also drizzled a tiny bit of powdered sugar glaze on top at his request. I also want to thank you for ruining my attempts at eating better…hehe. I’m off to see what other tasty recipes I can find on your site.
The best cookies ever! I’ve made them several times and they turn out wonderfully each time!
I added about 3/4 cup of toffee bits to these and they were delish!! Great after-school snack!
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