Raspberry Coconut Cookies Recipe

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With their yummy raspberry centers, these chewy cookies will disappear from your picnic table fast. "My mother used to make these, and they were always my favorite," recalls Cheryl Giroux of Amherstburg, Ontario. "Now my family enjoys them, too." Tip: Store the cooled cookies in a sealed container to keep them soft.

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Raspberry Coconut Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch
  • Yield: 30 Servings
30 10 40

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1-1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, water and extract. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in coconut (dough will be sticky).
  • Set aside 2/3 cup dough; roll remaining dough into 1-in. balls. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 3/8-in. deep indentation in the center of each ball. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon jam. Cover jam with a teaspoonful of reserved dough; seal and reshape into a ball. Repeat.
  • Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 105 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol, 72 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Raspberry Coconut Cookies in Quick Cooking May/June 2005, p44

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Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2011 by jbartsch

This recipe is amazing! I found that allowing the dough to rest and marry made assembly much easier. Also, instead of using the wooden spoon, I used a baby spoon to create the nest and add the perfect amount of preserves. This is definitely a new favorite!


Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2011 by jshearer

I just reduced the water to approximately 1/8 cup. The batter was still sticky, but that helps in sealing the extra dough over the jam. You do need to make a rather large well for 1/2 teasp. jam. Then, I flattened some of the reserved dough in my hand to make a cap for the cookies and just pressed on the edges to seal. They turned out great! I got 34 cookies.


Reviewed on Oct. 09, 2011 by katlaydee3

These were very messy to make but worth the effort. I'll make again for sure.


Reviewed on Aug. 15, 2011 by Michele R

Love these cookies. It took a couple of cookies to get the hang of filling and shaping but once I did it went quickly. This is a keeper.


Reviewed on Jun. 29, 2011 by bdstickles

Great tasting cookie, the coconut and raspberry are so good together. I just couldn't figure out how to get the dough to roll back into balls with the jam in. Simply put a dab of dough over the jam and baked... didn't look as nice but tasted excellent. Will try again and see if I can master them.


Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2011 by annaky

I substituted coconut oil for the shortening and these came out amazing! My family loved them! The dough was a bit soft, but not impossible to handle.


Reviewed on Apr. 27, 2011 by Ingel

Very good cookies! After reading all the reviews I reduced water to 1/8 cup, used butter and doubled almond extract. I also put the dough to fridge for 30 min before shaping the cookies and had no problems with stickyness- they came out nice, almost ball shaped cookies with soft raspberry centers...delicious!


Reviewed on Apr. 11, 2011 by sunshinejo

WOW!! delicious wonderful texture. bet you cant eat just one especially straight out of the oven. Substituted butter for shortening thats it the rest as is. A bit sticky and time consuming assembling but well worth it. Thanks


Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2011 by angelasandoval

I used butter instead of shortening and ended up having to add extra flour to make the dough stiff enough to handle. They were tasty, but almost identical in flavor to a thumbprint cookie recipe I have...but these were more of a hassle to make...so I'll probably stick with my other recipe.


Reviewed on Apr. 06, 2011 by tommypoo

My family loved these, so I will try these again for sure. I followed the recipe exactly, but I found them to not be able to take any shape, so I spooned them onto the backing sheet, then with the back of my 1/2 t full spoon, made the indentation needed for the jam. I used my homeade jam, which made them more special. I think when I try these again I will reduce the water to 1/8 c. For me this only made 24 cookies.

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