Grumpy has a "thing" for chewy cookies. He also has a "thing" for white chocolate and macadamia nuts. I have a "thing" for my Grumpy. he he. I couldn't resist that!
A lot of us have been looking at lighter recipes to get rid of extra poundage and still be happy and satisfied with what we are eating. It is no secret that I love Cooking Light recipes. They can be very tasty while not killing the calorie/fat count! I made it knowing it would be chewy and yummy just by reading the ingredients! I also knew it would make my Grumpy a very happy man, for a while anyway ;o).
Coconut-Macadamia Nut Cookies
Cooking Light, December 2000
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup regular oats
1 cup packed brown sugar
⅓ cup golden raisins (I use white chocolate chips instead)
⅓ cup flaked sweetened coconut
¼ cup chopped macadamia nuts
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup butter or stick margarine, melted
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons honey
Cooking spray (I line with parchment paper instead as these can be sticky!)
Preheat oven to 325°.Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 6 ingredients (flour through baking soda). Combine butter, water, and honey, stirring well to combine. Add butter mixture to flour mixture, stirring until well-blended. Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes or until almost set. Cool on pan 2 to 3 minutes or until firm. Remove cookies from pan, and cool on wire racks.
Serving size: 1 cookie
Per cookie: 90 calories, 2 grams fat, .5 grams fiber
WW Points: 2
Aaron
Loved this recipe, and will add it to my "Best macadamia Nut Recipes" blog over at Squidoo! I Used Hawaii macadamia nuts for this recipe. I get mine from http://www.maunakeagold.com. In my opinion, Hawaii produces the best Mac Nuts!
Melissa
I was having a serious coconut-oatmeal cookie attack today, and try as I might, I almost never manage to get a cookie tossed together that quite does the trick. Today was the expection! With a little modification based on my particular craving and current kitchen arsenal (no nuts or raisens), I ended up with a chewy-on-the-inside and perfect ever-so-slightly crunchy goodness on the outside kind of creation. I doubled the recipe, with a lean towards more oats and less flour, and because I am a coconut junkie, I tripled the coconut, I used only 1.5 cups of brown sugar to avoid sweetness overkill. Added a teas vanilla and an additional 1/2 stick of butter to balance the additional dry ingredients,(I melted the butter due to impatience) and used the same cook times which worked great. Excellent! This one is going on the list of cookies to make for friends.
Arika
I made these last week and they were very good. I posted about them on my blog here, http://rawforamonth.blogspot.com/2009/02/coconut-macadamia-and-golden-raisin.html . Thanks for the great recipe!
Arika
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Michelle
I'm with Grumpy. Chewy. White chocolate. Macadamia nuts. HEAVEN!
This looks DELICIOUS!
anja3582
So yeah, these cookies look AMAZING. I have a "thing" for chewy cookies, too. Makin' some of these this weekend! Thanks!
Peter M
The cookies here would make me so very un-grumpy...coconut and macadamia...Ummm!
pinkstripes
I love that you are posting all these cooking light recipes. I'm with Grumpy, I love macadamia nut cookies.
J.Danger
I have the same "thing" for chewy cookies! Pioneer Woman has a recipe for Everything Oatmeal Cookies that I love. They are my new favorite!
Maggie
YUM! Chewy cookies are my pick 9 times out of 10 and white chocolate/macadamia is a great combination.
Donna-FFW
I adore the combination of white chocolate and macadamia!! Throw in the coconut. Wonderful Looks Scruptious!!
Sara
These look great, I've had a lot of luck with Cooking Light's cookie recipes. Try their anzac biscuits for another good chewy cookie.
tamilyn
nut=protein
coconut=fruit
white chocolate=well, just good
I'm sure they are healthy in some way for me!
Megan
These look delicious. I love the white chocolate macadamia combo and I like that these are CL.
Bookmarked!
Laurie
It's hard to believe these cookies are "light" because they look so decadent. Great recipe and your changes sound good.
So glad Grumpy is okay and sorry you had such a scare!
Meg
Fabulous recipe! I love when yummy cookies are light!
Maria
I am a cookie lover, these look fantastic!!
Ingrid
These look really good. I'm with agree with Grumpy I much prefer a chewy cookies to a crunchy one.
Thanks for passing along the recipe.
~ingrid
Jaime
i am so making these!! yum
Patsyk
Love cookies that are chewy! I may make these (w/o the nuts - I'm weird that way) sometime soon. They look wonderful... are you sure they are from CL?