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Coconut Treasure Cookies

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Servings: 2 dozen
Preparation Time: 20 minutes

1 1/2 cups organic graham cracker crumbs
3/8 cup spelt flour
1/8 cup coconut flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup raw pecans, chopped
1/2 cup organic butter, softened
1 14 oz can organic sweetened condensed milk*
1 1/3 cups dried shredded coconut
1 1/2 - 2 cups organic dark chocolate pieces/chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix dry ingredients (except coconut and chocolate) together in a bowl. In a separate bowl, blend butter and milk until smooth. Add in dry ingredients. Stir in shredded coconut and chocolate.

Drop dough unto cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until tops begin to become golden. Leave on cookie sheet for a few minutes to cool before transferring to cooling rack.

* You can make your own sweetened condensed milk with our recipe here.

Recipe submitted by Tandy, San Tan Valley, AZ

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wow those coconut treasure cookies look great..i will definitely try those

# Posted By donna | 7/5/10 9:28 AM

These cookies sound wonderful! Must try!

# Posted By Kathy | 7/5/10 11:34 AM

I want to try these, but I do not like using sweetened condensed milk. Is there anything I can substitute??

# Posted By Zen | 7/5/10 1:36 PM

I'd have to play around with the recipe to see what could substitute for the sweetened condensed milk. It's a lot of the character of the cookie. This is actually one of the only things I ever use it for. I don't use dairy that's not raw usually - thinking aloud, ...I use coconut milk in place of evaporated milk (I don't like using it)...I suppose I could use the coconut milk in place of the sweetened condensed, and add raw honey to it, to give it the thicker sticky texture the cookie needs. Hum! :) thanks for the challenge Zen, I will be doing this the next time I make the cookies!

# Posted By Tandy | 7/6/10 1:31 AM

Has anybody tried substituting about 1/4 cup of honey & then enough coconut **cream** (for thickness) to equal (& substitute for) the sweetened condensed milk? We're non-dairy so I, too, would like an alternative. Thinking this might work just fine. Anyone?

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