Beachcomber Cookies

Name: Beachcomber Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 32 cookies, 32 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon table salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1/2 pound); 1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups old fashioned oats; 1 cup milk chocolate chips; 3/4 cup toasted flaked unsweetened coconut; 3/4 cup finely chopped toasted pecans

Submitted by loveleesmile

"Great cookie recipe from Food Networks Aida Mellenkamp."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 32 cookies
Serves:: 32

ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
³⁄₄ teaspoon table salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1/2 pound)
1 ³⁄₄ cups packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup milk chocolate chips
³⁄₄ cup toasted flaked unsweetened coconut
³⁄₄ cup finely chopped toasted pecans

directions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and arrange a rack in the middle. Place flour, baking powder salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl and whisk to combine; set aside.
Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat over medium speed until mixture resembles wet sand and is airy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, letting each fully incorporate before adding the next. Add vanilla extract. Reduce speed to low, add flour mixture in 2 parts, and mix until just combined, about 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients and mix until evenly combined.
Using a 2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets, spaced about 1-inch apart. Bake until cookies are puffed, set, and tops and undersides are golden brown, rotating sheets halfway through, about 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven, let cool on sheets 2 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

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These cookies are delicious! I too saw this recipe on Ask Aida and have made it several times, with a few adaptions. I half the called-for amount of nutmeg because I think it overwhelmes the cookies. I also use dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate (personal preference) and double the coconut. I couldn't find unsweetned coconut at my grocery store so I used sweetned. These cookies are quite a hit at parties (I have made them several times for work and people love them) but do beware because they burn FAST! It could have just been my old oven (haven't tried them on the new one yet) but my experience has been they go from raw to burn in the blink of an eye..so be sure to watch them! Thank you for posting this recipe on RZ.

Kerry G

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These cookies are delicious! I too saw this recipe on Ask Aida and have made it several times, with a few adaptions. I half the called-for amount of nutmeg because I think it overwhelmes the cookies. I also use dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate (personal preference) and double the coconut. I couldn't find unsweetned coconut at my grocery store so I used sweetned. These cookies are quite a hit at parties (I have made them several times for work and people love them) but do beware because they burn FAST! It could have just been my old oven (haven't tried them on the new one yet) but my experience has been they go from raw to burn in the blink of an eye..so be sure to watch them! Thank you for posting this recipe on RZ.

Kerry G