Coconut
Sesame and Coconut Sugar Cookies
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10 Reviews
C F.
May 20, 2020
Made these exactly as recipe called for and they turned out more like a good sugar cookie. As others have stated, they lack the coconut flavor you'd think they'd have and the sesame is so subtle, it really just adds a little intrigue. That said, they're tasty and delicious, just not quite what I expected in looking at the ingredients.
Yadi L.
December 13, 2015
Made these and they did not spread like the ones in the picture above, but a very good cookie. Would toasting the coconut enhance the flavor of the coconut?
kirsteen
August 23, 2015
I think I would try it with coconut flour, which will also make it gluten free for anyone with sensetivities.
suziqcu
August 24, 2015
Coconut flour is extremely dry, so you'd have to add additional eggs or adjust something. I read that you should add one egg per ounce of coconut flour...so that's a lot of eggs. Gluten free bakers may have other hints.
Melanie
March 4, 2015
I am so happy you posted this recipe. The combo of coconut and sesame is brilliant! In order to have more coconut flavor and add chocolate, I made the following adaptations: used 1/2 c. coconut oil and 1/2 c. butter, used 1 c. evaporated cane juice sugar instead of white sugar, added 1 t. coconut extract, and substituted 3/4 c. coconut flour for 3/4 c. of white flour (along w/the 2c. of white flour). The dough was rather crumbly, but produced a tender cookie. I used a T. cookie scoop, pressing 2 Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate morsels into the dough, so that they are surrounded. I had to manually press the dough together to get it to a round shape. After 5 min. in the oven, I used the bottom of a measuring cup to press gently down on the cookies to flatten them out. They will stay round if you do not press them down. Continued to bake another 5-8 min, until golden brown. They were delicious! Thanks for the inspiration.
beejay45
December 9, 2014
These look scrumptious! My mom used to make something called Danish Butter Cookies, which were similar but contained chopped walnuts and coconut. I couldn't eat walnuts, and it used to drive me crazy. ;) I'll have to try this combo, since I love sesame. Thanks.
catalinalacruz
January 22, 2014
These look good, but the name is a little misleading. It sounds like they contain coconut sugar, but the recipe calls for regular sugar. Maybe they should be called Sugar Cookies with Sesame and Coconut.
Shikha K.
January 22, 2014
I really need to get my hands on some coconut sugar - I see it everywhere!
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