Coconut & Chocolate Chip Cookies

I wouldn't necessarily call chocolate chip cookies summer food, but it's a cookie and everybody need sweetness in their life, so I've decided to share with you my latest baking adventure. One of my favorite chocolate bars are Almond joy, and I am talking about oppression that is going on for over 10 years.

Even though these cookies don't have almonds they are sweet, delicious, chewy, and at the same time crunchy. In many ways the flavor remind me of a almond joy, I am guessing because of the coconut and chocolate influence. 

See, I don't have a sweet tooth but once I day I need to have something sweet either with my coffee or tea, so these beauties are perfect satisfaction for any ages. 

While my cookies were baking, I took a little break and started to look through my balcony door. i enjoyed looking at beautiful scenery of green trees and blue sky. In that very moment I turned my head and saw these beautiful deer family. Well, I am assuming that they are one happy family just looking for food, water and shelter in the woods that is close by. I couldn't resist, so I took my camera and shoot as many as 30 photos. They would come from time to time close to my balcony, but not very often you can see them in a group and in the day light, so I took that moment and enjoyed photo-shooting these gorgeous wild animals.

Coconut & Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes about 25 Large cookies 
Ingredients:
slightly adapted from Epicurious

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 Tbs. Cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut or more
• 2 cups Chocolate chips, dark or semisweet

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a bowl mix together all purpose flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt. 
3. In separate bowl whisk or use electric mixer cream butter and sugars until they reach a point of fluffiness. 
4. Add eggs, and mix them really good, than add in flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt mixture. 
5. Add in vanilla and mix in coconut flakes and chocolate chips.
6. Drop dough with a Tablespoonful few inches apart onto already greased baking sheets and bake cookies until they reach golden brown color. *I sprinkled several cookies before baking with coconut flakes and some after, but that is optional- I liked more toasted as they bring the flavor even more.
7. Pull them out of the oven and cool on a baking sheet for few minutes, than transfer to racks to cool completely.

*I changed some things from the original recipe, as I didn't want to use too much sugar or butter. You can check out HERE original.

Enjoy!

I am wishing you all fantastic weekend!!!

Your friend, 

Sandra 

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