Coconut White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Coconut White Chocolate Chunk Cookies - made dough November 5, 2022 from Averie Cooks

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted, browned and cooled for 15 minutes

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup sweetened shredded coconut, lightly packed to measure

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup white chocolate chips, plus more to adding to the tops

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together browned butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until well combined. Add egg and beat to combine. Add vanilla and beat to combine.
2. Add the flour, baking soda and salt, beating until just combined. Do not over mix. Beat in coconut and white chocolate chips. 
3. Portion dough into golf-ball-size (or smaller if you prefer) balls. Cover and chill or freeze for several hours or overnight.
4. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and evenly space chilled dough balls. Bake 11-13 minutes or until edges are golden brown and middles no longer look raw. Let rest on baking sheets for several minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

I first made these cookies in 2020 but it was during the time I wasn't updating my blog so I didn't take pictures. But I really liked these cookies and I want to preserve the recipe for posterity so I made them again and this time documented it. Because if I don't take pictures and blog about it, they might not exist. And these are too good to lose.

Like so many recipes from Averie Cooks. this one is straightforward, easy to make and came out really well. I'm not a big white chocolate fan but it goes perfectly with the coconut as well as the brown sugar cookie. Plus I liked the chewy texture.

I'm out of the uppity high-quality white chocolate chunks I normally order online and, like the unsweetened chocolate chunks I also normally source online, they were criminally expensive this time around. So I (reluctantly) went with a bag of Nestle's white chocolate morsels. They weren't as bad as I feared although I still prefer the soft meltiness of a Callebaut-caliber white chocolate. But since I didn't win the powerball (yes, hard to believe none of the 5 tickets I bought didn't win, ha), I gotta stick with my budget.