How to Make Coconut Cookie Recipe

I did not learn how to make a coconut cookie recipe until I was an adult. Coconut was just not one of my favorite cookies when I was young; or for that matter anything with coconut in it. Over the years, I have acquired a taste for everything with coconut in it; maybe that was inherited from my dad!

How to Make Coconut Cookie RecipesHow to Make Coconut Cookie Recipes

When I learned how to make the coconut cookie recipe below, it quickly became one of my favorite cookie recipes. The word “macaroon” means a very light baked confection and that is exactly what this cookie is. These can be made with ground nuts instead of the coconut which is how the original ones were made. Both are good but I prefer the coconut. They are very light and chewy. This is also a good cookie recipe for those who need to be on a diet free of white flour because it is a flourless cookie recipe. When adding to my Christmas cookie recipes, I give this coconut cookie recipe a bit of Christmas color by toping with a maraschino cherry.


When you learn how to make a coconut cookie recipe, you will find it is not always made in the form of typical cookies. Many delicious recipes are made in the shape of bars and squares. These often contain a lot of additional ingredients like chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips along with a variety of fruits such as dates. If you find a recipe like this that you really like try varying some of the ingredients. You may come up with other recipes with different flavors that you also like very much.

HOW TO MAKE COCONUT COOKIE RECIPES like this 
COCONUT MACAROON COOKIE RECIPE

Coconut Macaroon CookiesCoconut Macaroon Cookies

This is one of the delicious flourless cookie recipes.

  • ½ Cup egg whites
  • 1 ¼ Cups sugar
  • ¼ Teaspoon salt
  • ½ Teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
  • 2 ½ Cups coconut or ground almonds

Maraschino cherries, rinse, drain and dry on paper towels.

Preheat oven to 325F degrees.

Place egg whites in a glass or metal mixing bowl. Beat whites until frothy and begin slowly adding the sugar. Keep beating until very stiff peaks form. Fold in the salt, flavor and coconut or nuts until blended. Drop heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased brown baking paper (or I use wax paper) and top each with a cherry. Bake about 20 minutes or until set and light brown. If using paper, remove cookie from pan on the paper, lay a wet towel on the hot pan and place the paper with cookie on the wet towel. The steam will loosen the cookies so you can remove them with a spatula.

COCONUT COOKIE RECIPE with flour

  • 2 Cups flour
  • ½ Teaspoon salt
  • 2 Teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ Cup softened butter
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½ Teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 ½ Cups coconut

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Sift together flour, salt and baking powder; cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla.

Combine flour mixture with creamed mixture; mix until well blended.

Add coconut and mix until well blended; refrigerate for 1 hour.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet; flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.

Bake about 12 minutes or until set in center.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT COOKIE RECIPE

  • 1 Cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 4 Cups sweetened shredded coconut
  • 2/3 Cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ Teaspoon almond extract

Preheat oven to 325F degrees.

Line baking tray with brown baking paper; grease paper with solid shortening.

Combine sweetened condensed milk and coconut; mix well by hand. (Will be gooey)

Add chocolate chips, vanilla and almond; stir until well blended.

Drop by teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheet one inch apart.

Bake about 12 minutes or until lightly browned; remove from pan and let set until cold.

Store in airtight container.

Chocolate Coconut Cookie RecipeChocolate Coconut Cookie Recipe

DREAM BAR RECIPE

Crust:

  • ½ Cup softened butter
  • ½ Cup brown sugar
  • 1 Cup flour

Filling:

  • 1 Cup brown sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ Teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 Cup coconut
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • ¼ Teaspoon salt
  • 1 Cup chopped nuts

Combine and mix crust ingredients; pat into buttered 9 inch square pan.
Bake crust in preheated oven at 350F degrees until lightly brown about 15 minutes.
Combine and mix all the filling ingredients and pour over baked crust.
Return pan to oven and bake about 20 to 25 minutes.
Cool completely in pan and cut into bars.

COCONUT DATE NUT SQUARE RECIPE

Coconut Date Nut Square RecipeCoconut Date Nut Square Recipe

This date squares recipe is a great example of adding other ingredients in a coconut cookie recipe and turning out delicious flavor.

Crust:

  • ¾ Cup softened butter
  • 1 ½ Cups flour
  • 3 Tablespoons sugar

Filling:

  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 1 Cup chopped nuts
  • 1 Cup coconut
  • 1 ½ Cups chopped dried dates

Preheat oven to 350F degrees; butter an 8 inch square baking pan.

Combine all crust ingredients; blend well. 

Press crust mixture in the bottom of prepared pan; bake 10 minutes. 

Combine in a large bowl the eggs, baking powder, vanilla and flour.

Beat mixture until well blended; stir in nuts, coconut and dates.

Spoon filling mixture evenly over baked crust.

NOTE: Using the back of a spoon slightly press down mixture.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes until edges start browning.

Cool completely and cut into squares.

Coconut Date Nut Bars Fresh From the OvenCoconut Date Nut Bars Fresh From the Oven

NO BAKE COCONUT COOKIES

This coconut cookie recipe requires no baking; it can be assembled ahead of time and is very good.

  • Graham crackers
  • 1 Cup melted butter
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • ½ Cup milk
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Cup chopped nuts
  • 1 Cup coconut
  • 1 Cup graham cracker crumbs

Frosting:

  • ¾ Cup butter
  • 2 Cups powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon milk (more if needed to spread)
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Line bottom of 9 X 13 inch pan with whole graham crackers.
Combine 1 cup sugar, milk and egg to melted butter in saucepan over medium high heat.
Bring mixture to boil for 1 minute and remove from heat.
Add nuts, coconut and graham cracker crumbs to hot mixture; blend well.
Pour evenly over graham crackers in pan; top with more graham crackers.
Combine and blend frosting; spread over top layer.
Refrigerate until well chilled or overnight; cut into bars.