Toasted Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
Crunchy candied coconut on the outside, soft chewy oatmeal cookie on the inside!
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
FOR ROLLING COOKIES:
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup sugar for candied coconut
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- Mix together your flour, oats, sugars, salt, and baking powder.
- Whisk together your wet ingredients.
- Combine wet ingredients into your dry forming a dough. Chill in fridge while making the candied coconut.
Candied Coconut
- Bring non-stick pan to low heat. Add in your shredded coconut.
- Stir constantly and mix in your granulated sugar.
- Continue to heat and stir until the coconut is candied and light brown. Remove from heat!
Rolling and Baking!
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Form dough into golf ball sized rounds.
- Roll rounds in crushed candied coconut mixture.
- Flatten the cookies to 1/2 inch, and place on parchment covered cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes, cool on rack, and enjoy!