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triple coconut cookies

Triple the Flavor Coconut Cookies

Michele Pesula Kuegler
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 28

Ingredients
  

  • Cookie dough
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons coconut extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • Frosting
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 1 tablespoon milk plus extra
  • Flaked coconut

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer.
  • Beat for 2 minutes on speed 2 using paddle attachment.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, and mix until combined.
  • Add yogurt and coconut extract, mixing on speed 4.
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and mix again on speed 4 until batter is fully blended.
  • Add baking powder, salt and flour. Mix on low.
  • Form dough into balls the size of a walnut. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between cookies.
  • Flatten balls of dough slightly.
  • Bake for 12 minutes. (They will not be golden.)
  • Transfer to a baking rack, and cool completely.
  • Make the frosting
  • Combine powdered sugar, coconut extract and 1 tablespoon milk; mix well.
  • Add extra milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
  • Pour 1 cup of flaked coconut into a small bowl.
  • Frost cookies with glaze.
  • Dip frosted side of cookie in coconut, and return cookie to baking rack.
  • Add extra coconut to bowl, if needed.
  • Allow cookies to sit for 10 minutes for glaze to set.
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