If you love oatmeal cookies, there’s even MORE to love in these Oatmeal Coconut Cookies! They’re chewy, tender and melt in your mouth delicious.
3dozen
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Ingredients
¾cupbuttersoftened
1cupsugar
1cuppacked brown sugar
2eggsat room temperature
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2cupsflour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
1cupcoconut flakes
3cupsoatmealquick or old fashioned
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375° F. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix again, scraping down the sides and bottom.
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the creamed mixture. Mix well.
Add the coconut flakes and oatmeal and mix just until blended.
Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts (about the size of a small bouncy ball) or drop by tablespoons and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 for 10-11 minutes. Until lightly browned (do not over bake).
¾ cup of butter is a stick and a half.
Store cookies in an airtight container for several days.
Remember not to overmix when the oats are added or your cookies will be tough.
Should I use sweetened coconut flakes or unsweetened coconut? Either works for this recipe. You’ll have a sweeter cookie if you use sweetened coconut.
Should I use quick oats or old fashioned oats?
The quick oats are chopped a little finer and are what I used in these recipe photos. The old fashioned oats have larger flakes and will add a little more chewiness to the cookies.
Notes
¾ cup of butter is a stick and a half.
Store cookies in an airtight container for several days.
Remember not to overmix when the oats are added or your cookies will be tough.
Should I use sweetened coconut flakes or unsweetened coconut? Either works for this recipe. You’ll have a sweeter cookie if you use sweetened coconut.
Should I use quick oats or old fashioned oats?
The quick oats are chopped a little finer and are what I used in these recipe photos. The old fashioned oats have larger flakes and will add a little more chewiness to the cookies.