Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Coconut Butter Thins (TWD)


This week's Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD) recipe was chosen by Jayne of The Barefoot Kitchen Witch: Coconut Butter Thins. They're basically shortbread cookies with chopped macadamia nuts, shredded coconut, and a hint of lime.

The recipe is as simple as any other shortbread cookie recipe. Dorie warns that you should place these two inches apart on the baking sheet, but I surprisingly found that mine only spread a little bit. It seems that others had their cookies spread quite a bit, so I'm not sure what the difference was.


These cookies were very delicate. The coconut made them slightly chewy, but otherwise the coconut flavor wasn't too pronounced. There were many reports this week that coconut haters could not even taste the coconut in this recipe. The macadamia nuts gave them a nice crunch, too. Dorie's idea to rub the sugar with some lime zest was marvelous - coconut and lime are flavors that pair very well. These cookies were simple and delicious. I will definitely make them again.


Thanks Jayne, for choosing these cookies. If you would like the recipe, you can find it here. Make sure you visit the TWD Blogroll to see what everyone else thought about this buttery treat!

* Recipes notes:
- I didn't have a gallon size ziploc bag so I simply rolled my dough out between two pieces of plastic wrap until it was a 1/4-inch thickness.
- I baked my cookies for the full 20 minutes.
- Let the cookies rest of the baking sheet for about 1 minute before transferring them to a rack to cool - they are very delicate and may not make it in one piece if you transfer them too early.
- Wrapped well, these cookies will keep for a few days at room temperature. They will keep in the freezer for 2 months.
- For more tips, click here.

27 comments:

  1. Your cookies look just perfect. I thought that these were so delicious! I'm glad that you liked them too.

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  2. Beautiful photos Jaime. Yours turned out really great.

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  3. Nice pictures! Glad you enjoyed the cookies. I think I liked the dough more than the baked cookies this week :)

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  4. I think your cookies look really nice! I like how you can see the flecks of lime zest in them.

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  5. Oh man, there are few things I love more than coconut.

    NAOmni

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  6. I loved these cookies. LOVED them. I wasn't too sure about them at first, but it was love at first bite. They look wonderful!

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  7. Mmmm, those look wonderful! Seems the majority of the bakers really enjoyed these.
    ~ingrid

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  8. These look so beautiful! I think the flavors were perfect and agree that the coconut is subtle.

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  9. Yours look so beautiful stacked up like that! The flavors sound great!

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  10. Oh goodness, this look so good, crumbly, buttery, and mouth watering cookies.
    Cheers,
    elra

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  11. Our cookies are twins! I was worried because mine didn't spread as much as folks said theirs did, but I had no complaints about the taste. :)

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  12. Your cookies look great! We loved them; they were so good.

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  13. Great photos! I've got to stop looking at all these cookies or I'll end up getting some out of the freezer that I've got.....good job.

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  14. Looking really good here - love this!

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  15. Absolutely beautiful... as usual!

    But hey! What do I see!? Would that be another one of your super ingenious (secret) plates? lol Just as pretty as the other one, anyways!

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  16. Wow, your cookies turned out gorgeously! I love that they stayed nice and thick. Having a good chewy bite to a cookie is an essential for me. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to restrain myself around your cookies and might just devour the whole plate. The flavor combo sounds fantastic!

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  17. Well they look gorgeous! I liked these cookies more than I thought I would. I keep nibbling at them LOL

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  18. these were good, weren't they. I love the little flecks of lime in the cookie. Great job

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  19. Beautiful...and perfect looking cookies!

    I expected mine to bake in squares like yours, but ended up with something quite different...they were absolutely delicious nonetheless.

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  20. Wow, those look just perfect. I wonder if it's the temperature of the butter when you first mix them, because mine spread like crazy. Or maybe the water content in the butter?

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  21. I love the plate! Your cookies look bakery beautiful.

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  22. I agree on the lime/coconut combo - fabulous. Looking at the cookies I would have thought shortbread

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  23. ooh, these look like they would melt in your mouth!

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  24. I adore shortbread cookies, and the coconut lime combo sounds perfect. They look so melting and tender.

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