White Chocolate-Coconut Cookies

One of the many lazy days laying on the couch watching tv I ran into this recipe. Paula Deen was on and I had just turned it on as she was dipping cookies into white chocolate!!!! Umm... since I have been craving cookies this made it worse, and I just has to try them. These are also a great alternative to the regular old chocolate chip cookies I tend to make. If you like chocolate and coconut... give these a try! I changed the recipe just a tad because of the reviews I read before I made them; They turned out great!

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 sticks butter, softened

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup quick cooking oats

3/4 cup shredded coconut flakes

Garnish:

8 ounces white chocolate, melted

3/4 cup toasted, shredded coconut flakes

Directions:

1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2.) In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the baking powder, baking soda, flour and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, white and brown sugars together until light and fluffy with a hand held electric mixer. Beat in the eggs. Add the dry ingredients and beat until just combined. Fold in the oats, vanilla extract and shredded coconut flakes.

3.) Form walnut-sized balls of the mixture and drop 2 inches apart onto parchment paper-lined sheet pans. Bake in a preheated oven for about 10 minutes until the bottoms of the cookie are golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely.

4.) When the cookies are cool, dip them halfway into the melted white chocolate and then into the toasted shredded coconut flakes. Set them down onto parchment paper-lined sheet pans to dry completely.