Christmas Baking Post-a-Thon Day 11: Coconut Pecan Cookies (with coupons!)

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This next recipe is for Coconut Pecan cookies.  This one is a huge hit with my sister! She’s always asking me to make these for her and I think of her every time I make them.  I got this from Taste of Home and it’s a keeper!

DAY 11:  Coconut Pecan Cookies

coconut pecan cookies

1  medium  egg — lightly beaten

5  ounces  evaporated milk

2/3  cup  sugar

1/4  cup  butter — (no substitutions), cubed

1 1/3  cups  coconut flakes

1/2  cup  chopped pecans

COOKIE DOUGH:

1   cup  butter — softened

3/4  cup  sugar

3/4  cup  packed brown sugar

2  medium  eggs

1 teaspoon  vanilla

2 1/4 cups  all-purpose flour

1   teaspoon  baking soda

1   teaspoon  salt

24  ounces  semisweet chocolate chips — divided (about 4 cups)

1/4  cup  coconut flakes

For frosting, in a saucepan, combine the egg, milk, sugar, and butter.  Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 10-12 minutes or until slightly thickened and mixture reaches 160°.  Stir in coconut and pecans.  Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.  Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.  Stir in two cups chips and coconut. Drop by tablespoonsful two inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

In a microwave, melt the remaining chocolate chips; stir until smooth.  Frost cooled cookies, then drizzle with melted chocolate.

COUPONS FOR INGREDIENTS:

Eggs:  $0.75/1 Davidson’s Safest Choice Pasteurized Eggs printable, $0.35/1 Land O Lakes Eggs, exp. 2/17/14 (SS 11/17/13), $0.50/1 Simply Balanced Eggs Target printable, $0.75/1 Eggland’s Best Cage Free Dozen or Organic Dozen Eggs, exp. 2/3/14 (SS 11/03/13 #2 R)

Evaporated Milk:  $0.50/2 Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk Target printable$0.50/2 Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk printable, $0.55/2 Carnation Evaporated Milk, exp. 12/31/13 (SS 11/03/13)

Sugar:  $0.40/1 Domino Granulated Sugar, exp. 1/4/14 (RP 11/03/13), $0.75/2 C&H Sugar Product printable$0.75/2 Domino Sugar Product printable

Butter:  $1/1 Challenge Butter Product printable$0.75/1 Smart Balance Spreadable Butter & Blended Butter Sticks printable$0.50/1 Kalona Super Natural Organic Milk, Buttermilk, Whipping Cream, Half & Half, Butter, Cottage Cheese or Sour Cream printable, $0.50/1 Land O Lakes Half Butter Sticks, exp. 12/31/13 (ALL YOU Aug ’13), $1/1 SunButter Product printable

Coconut Flakes:  $1/2 GOYA Coconut Product printable,

Pecans:  $1/2 Fisher Recipe Nut Items, exp. 2/2/14 (SS 12/08/13 #2), $1/1 Diamond Baking Nuts, exp. 12/31/13 (Publix All The Trimmings Booklet ), $1/1 Fisher Recipe Nut Item Of Any Variety printable

Brown Sugar:  $0.40/1 Domino Granulated Sugar, exp. 1/4/14 (RP 11/03/13), $0.75/2 C&H Sugar Product printable$0.75/2 Domino Sugar Product printable

Vanilla:  $1/1 Simply Organic Vanilla printable$0.55/1 Spice Islands Vanilla Extract (Publix Winter Family Savings Printable), $2/1 Crisco Baking Sticks and McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract, exp. 12/27/13 (Publix Happy Holidays Flyer)

Flour:  $1/1 Ultragrain All Purpose or White Whole Wheat Flour printable$1/1 Ultragrain All Purpose or White Whole Wheat Flour printable$1/1 Hodgson Mill Flour or Cornmeal printable

Baking Soda:  $0.50/2 A&H Baking Soda or A&H Fridge Fresh Product printable

Salt:  $0.40/1 Diamond Crystal Salt (SavingStar Deposit), $0.40/1 Diamond Crystal Salt via Upromise Deposit$1/1 Losalt printable

Chocolate Chips:  $0.50/1 Ghirardelli Baking Chips (Ibotta Deposit)$0.50/1 Nestle Toll House Morsels (Target mfr.)$1/2 Ghirardelli Baking Chips (Publix Winter Family Savings Printable), $1/2 Hershey’s Baking Melts, Hershey’s, Heath or Reese’s Baking Chips, exp. 12/31/13 (SS 11/10/13 R, $0.75/2 Hershey’s Baking Melts, Hershey’s, Heath or Reese’s Baking Chips, exp. 12/31/13 (SS 11/10/13)

 

 

 

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