Toasted Coconut Lime Cookies for the 100th Post and a Giveaway

Posted on August 4, 2010 / 57 comments » / Cookies, Sweet

When life gives you lemons, forget the lemonade.  Switch them for limes, add some coconut and then make these cookies.  Given my love of cookies, I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate A Chica Bakes’ 100th post with what has climbed to the top of my favorite cookie list – Toasted Coconut Lime Cookies.

It’s no secret that I love coconut.  I especially love big ones like this one – that you have to drink the water out of first and then crack open with your weapon of choice (my grandpa’s was a mashedy) to enjoy the juicy meat inside.

The hubs and I enjoying fresh coconut along the Road to Hana in Maui, Hawaii.

Since I unfortunately couldn’t jet off to an island to get fresh coconut, I went with the sweet flaky stuff from the baking aisle instead for this cookie.  But I toasted it to bring out the coconut flavor and make it extra crunchy.  Word to the wise – watch this stuff when you have it in the oven as it can go from beautifully golden to a burnt mess in a hot second.  Trust me on this…I know.

But let’s not forget about the lime – the wonderful co-star. There is a little juice in here but the zest is where it’s at. Leave the white pith behind and you’ll be off the citrus heaven. Well, maybe not heaven but you’ll have a pretty darn good tasting cookie.

Hope you have enjoyed the last 100 posts from this humble chica baker. I look forward to sharing many hundreds more.  In the meantime, I want to continue the celebration with some booze.  A Booze Cakes giveaway that is.

To enter, leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm Eastern on Sunday, August 8th with the name of your favorite cocktail and I will select one lucky winner will receive a copy of this great book with tons of recipes to get you enjoy your favorite drinks in fun and creative ways.  Follow A Chica Bakes on Twitter and that that will earn you a second entry.  For the second entry, please leave a second comment letting me know you follow A Chica Bakes on Twitter.  Note – this giveaway is sponsored by me and the book can only be shipping to a U.S. address.  Also please make sure you leave a method of contact on your comment, either via your blog or email address.

Oh and my favorite cocktail – Champagne with a splash of Pomegranate Juice – because what girl doesn’t like a pink drink with bubbles.

Toasted Coconut Lime Cookies

Adapted from: Two Peas and Their Pod
Yield: About 2 1/2 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1 cup) butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Zest of one large lime
3 tbsp lime juice
3/4 cup flaked sweetened coconut

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or Silpats. In a separate cookie sheet, toast flaked coconut until golden brown, roughly 8-10 minutes.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, roughly about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg, vanilla extract, lime juice and lime zest. Mix until well combined. Gradually add in the dry ingredients and toasted coconut. Mix until combined, don’t over mix.

Using a tablespoon or a small ice cream scoop, scoop dough and place balls of dough on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before moving to a cooling rack to cool.

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57 Responses to “Toasted Coconut Lime Cookies for the 100th Post and a Giveaway”

  1. 1

    Cristine — August 4, 2010 @ 7:24 pm

    Congrats on 100 posts! Love your blog! And the cookies look great, too!

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    Bodhi — August 4, 2010 @ 7:25 pm

    Congrats on your 100th post! Very proud of you :) Let me know when you're opening up that bakery so I can come work for you!

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    A Cup Full of Cake — August 4, 2010 @ 7:27 pm

    Congrats on hitting the 100 mark with posts. I LOVE your blog. These cookies look amazing coconut and lime is one of my favorite combos. My favorite drink? Hmm its a toss up between a mai tai and a margarita although I did recently discover a pineapple mojito and made it with coconut rum. Oh my oh my is it good!!Shanna

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    Damaris — August 4, 2010 @ 7:28 pm

    does a virgin drink count? (I'm Mormon) Those cookies look awesome.

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    A Cup Full of Cake — August 4, 2010 @ 7:30 pm

    I also follow you on twitter!

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    barney A. Bishop — August 4, 2010 @ 7:37 pm

    Who's that guy in the picture with you?

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    Mrs. G — August 4, 2010 @ 7:39 pm

    Those cookies sound (and look) great! I'm going to Hawaii at the end of the year and look forward to sipping from coconuts. I like cosmopolitans and other sweet martinis.

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    Mrs. G — August 4, 2010 @ 7:40 pm

    I follow you on Twitter as well.

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    Nichi — August 4, 2010 @ 7:40 pm

    Happy 100! Your coconut concoctions always look fantastic. My favorite drink is a Malibu Sunrise… an appropriate coconut drink to keep the theme going ;)

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    Shandy — August 4, 2010 @ 7:44 pm

    Happy, Happy, Happy 100 posts! Confetti EVERYWHERE . . . loud applause!!!! Because you have been so creative and fun in all the posts you do. LOVE the coconut and lime cookies! I am always baking cookies and have a large, clear glass cookie jar to present them in for whomever wanders through my kitchen =).

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    The Food Librarian — August 4, 2010 @ 7:45 pm

    Chica, Love that photo of you and the hubs in Hawaii! I don't drink, but my friends do! I will say my favorite "cocktail" is cranberry juice, spritzer and lime. And although you know me and coconut don't talk (I'll give you all my coconut pieces), these cookies look lovely! I'm heading over to donate too…keep forgetting! – mary

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    Tammy — August 4, 2010 @ 8:15 pm

    My ultimate favorite cocktail… MARGARITAS!! (on the rocks, no salt)Congrats on 100 posts!! Looove this blog.Thanks for sharing so many delicious recipes. Tammy

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    Tammy — August 4, 2010 @ 8:31 pm

    Hello:Do you have any recipes for Dominican coconut sweet (Dulce de coco)?I am Dominican and love coconut. I've been looking for a coconut sweet recipe made with the soft meat of a fresh coconut just like the one in your picture in Hawaii. Or if you can share any other coconut sweet recipes, that would be awesome.Great picture from Hawaii…I wish I can have fresh coconut water right now… So refreshing!Thanks,Tammy

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    Eliana — August 4, 2010 @ 8:33 pm

    Tammy – I have an aunt who makes an AMAZING dulce de coco and she is going to teach me when I go to DR for Christmas. So stay tuned.

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    Maria — August 4, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

    I love lime treats! Love your cookies:)

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    Summer — August 4, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

    Congrats on a 100 Posts!! I just recently found your blog through Twitter. It has definitely become one of my favorties.Margaritas are pretty much the only cocktail I will drink..On the rocks with salt is my fave.

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    Stephanie — August 4, 2010 @ 9:41 pm

    Really? Only 100 posts? I feel like I've been reading your blog FOREVER! These cookies are a great way to celebrate :) Right now, my favorite cocktail is a pina colada.

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    charlene020 — August 4, 2010 @ 11:53 pm

    I love a great key lime pie martini, but any martini will do!Thanks for the chance to win. Happy 100th and have a great week-end!goofy6820@yahoo.com

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    Anonymous — August 5, 2010 @ 12:47 am

    Whiskey sours with a cherry! StephanieStelabel9@aol.com

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    Megan — August 5, 2010 @ 2:04 am

    My favorite cocktail is a St. Germain Cocktail! It's so simple… just some St. Germain, soda water, and sparkling wine. I love it. That book looks so interesting. I keep hearing about it and thinking about getting it.

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    Katrina — August 5, 2010 @ 2:27 am

    I thought you'd been blogging longer than that. Yum to coconut lime cookies!Congrats on all the blogging.I don't drink alcohol, but I do love a good non-alcoholic drink like a virgin daiquiri or pina colada! (You don't even have to count me in the giveaway, since I wouldn't bake cakes with alcohol.)Here's to another 100+!

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    Jennifurla — August 5, 2010 @ 3:22 am

    My favorite cocktail is a Lemon Drop martini…oh lordy

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    hannah {thepastrykook} — August 5, 2010 @ 5:07 am

    congratulations on your 100th! and boy do those cookies look inviting b:

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    Laetitia — August 5, 2010 @ 8:55 am

    Happy 100 posts! your cookies recipe is to die for! The combinaison of lime and coconut is so good!

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    Joanne — August 5, 2010 @ 11:04 am

    Happy 100th chica! I love all your posts and can't wait to read the next hundred PLUS.I almost made these cookies the other day! Boy now do I wish I had!Favorite cocktail – mojitos!

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    Future Grown-Up — August 5, 2010 @ 2:06 pm

    Congratulations on your 100th post! The cookies look awesome and very yummy. Favorite cocktail has got to be an oldie but a goodie..margarita!

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    Velva — August 5, 2010 @ 2:57 pm

    Eliana, When I read mention your favorite cocktail, you were speaking my language… My favorite cocktail is a Vodka lemon drop made with fresh lemon juice, good quality vodka and Cointreau.Congrats on your 100th post! Isn't blogging wonderful? I am amazed everyday at the people I meet, the things that I learn, and the amazing food talent. Your blog is one of those that shares the passion with everyone who visits.Cookies look great. I love coconut too.

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    spike. — August 5, 2010 @ 3:10 pm

    those cookies sound perfect for summer! My favorite cocktail is a Manhattan.

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    Jeannette — August 5, 2010 @ 3:20 pm

    mmmm these cookies sound divine!! and congrats on the 100 posts!! i am 4 away from my goal and i'll be having a giveaway too!!my favorite cocktail, hmmm… i like a cherry vodka sour. but some good old moscato wine is right up my alley :) flamegoddess65@aol.com

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    Jeannette — August 5, 2010 @ 3:25 pm

    i also follow you on twitter :) whmsicalcupcake (that's my twitter handle)flamegoddess65@aol.com

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    naomi — August 5, 2010 @ 3:40 pm

    Love the cookies! Lime and coconut-YUM!

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    naomi — August 5, 2010 @ 3:42 pm

    Congrats on your 100th post! My favorite cocktail: Gin and Tonic. I know boring! But I love boozey baked goods.

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    Mary — August 5, 2010 @ 4:04 pm

    Congratulations on reaching a posting milestone. These cookies look wonderful and will be tried when I have some time. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings…Mary

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    Teanna — August 5, 2010 @ 6:31 pm

    Congrats on your one hundreth post!!!!!!! What a great one hundred they have been!!! My favorite drink is a Captain and Diet!!! Or a frozen margarita. Depends on the season :)

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    Tracy — August 5, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

    These cookies look awesome! I've been totally all over anything coconut lately. Yum!

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    cookies and cups — August 5, 2010 @ 8:57 pm

    I love love coconut cookies! Fave drink would have to be the ever-indulgent pina colada :)

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    Laura — August 5, 2010 @ 10:04 pm

    Midori sunrise! Discovered the lucious melon liqueur in college and haven't looked back since. :)

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    gwen — August 6, 2010 @ 12:46 am

    Yaay! 100 posts! My fave drink is an oldie but a goodie; the almighty white russian.

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    sophia — August 6, 2010 @ 3:07 am

    WOO HOO! Congrats on the 100th post, Eliana! Hopefully you make it till 1000 someday! ;-) I saw a cookie like that in Whole Foods…and it was SO good. So chewy and lovely. Toasting coconut is a great idea!

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    Ingrid — August 6, 2010 @ 3:21 pm

    Love that photo of you and hubs sharing the coconut! :) I just got that book…looking forward to trying out some of the recipes.Happy 100!~ingrid

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    Salsa Verde — August 6, 2010 @ 4:30 pm

    I love lime so, for me, those cookies, must be so delicious, that I have to try that recipe as soon as possible.Love,Lia.

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    vanillasugar — August 7, 2010 @ 12:17 am

    aren't you a sweetie to do this giveaway. my favorite cocktail? oh easy one, i love a good banana daquiri made with fresh bananas of course. once you try it with real bananas you'll never go any other way.

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    Cera — August 8, 2010 @ 8:00 pm

    My favorite cocktail would be a mint mojito. The kind with the real muddled mint and not the syrup. It's so good when made correctly and sans alcohol you can drink it anytime anywhere since it's so refreshing.

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    Kelly Stone — August 8, 2010 @ 9:44 pm

    Thanks, would love the cookbook. Cosmo girl. http://www.shoptotallykids.com

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    Kimberly — August 8, 2010 @ 9:55 pm

    Congrats on 100 posts!! I recently achieved that milestone with my blog, but couldn't come up with a creative way to mark the occasion, as you did, so I say, way to go!Those cookies sound immensely satisfying, but since my baking efforts have always been a massive fail, I'll stick to reading the recipe, salivating at the pics, and dreaming that one day, I too can learn to bake! : )

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    Ginny — August 8, 2010 @ 11:32 pm

    oh awesome! Congrats! My favorite… gin and tonic with good pricey gin… dull but I love it!

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    Ginny — August 8, 2010 @ 11:32 pm

    I'm following you! :) @ginnygetsfloury

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    Courtney @ Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life — August 8, 2010 @ 11:35 pm

    Congratulations on your 100 posts!! I'm SO GLAD that I found your blog via Twitter…it's phenomenal!As for a favorite cocktail, I'd have to say anything that involves Malibu rum. It's my absolute FAVORITE, and looks like it would go along quite well with this post! :)

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    Courtney @ Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life — August 8, 2010 @ 11:36 pm

    I also follow you on Twitter now too (@SweetToothCourt) :)

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    cowpatti — August 9, 2010 @ 12:47 am

    I have been following U on Twitter (@cowpatti). malibu Rum and Pineapple Juice, W/A slice of Pineapple and Marchino Cherries to Garnish. (YUMMY) can do orange juice to, but Pineapple is the Best…I have a few But this one is My NEW FAV. YUMMMMMY NUMMMMMY…..

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    cowpatti — August 9, 2010 @ 12:52 am

    OH BTW Congratulations on your 100 posts. Mmmmmm I Have to try those Cookies to. Like REAL SOON. Love Ur Websight. OH SO MUCH and Thank U for EVERYTHING U DO. Have a wonderful Evening.

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    Bren — August 9, 2010 @ 1:48 am

    Congrats on the anni coming up. congrats on the 100th post. I follow you on Twitter porsupuesto and my fave drink is a mojito made by a Cuban!or a lemon basil martini! :) sip sip!

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    itsjessenia — August 9, 2010 @ 2:23 am

    My favorite drink would be a Tropical Bliss!

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    Nina — August 9, 2010 @ 2:40 am

    I don't drink…much, but my favorite cocktail so far is a Mai Tai!

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    Nina — August 9, 2010 @ 2:41 am

    and of course I follow you on twitter!

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    Apples and Butter — August 11, 2010 @ 1:38 pm

    I am not a big drinker, so don't worry about including me in the giveaway, but I wanted to say congratulations on your 100th post! So exciting and quite the accomplishment to stick with it for this long.

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    Jenn and Juice — August 26, 2011 @ 11:52 pm

    Oh. My. Goodness. These are the BEST cookies I have ever made in my life which is unfortunate because I may gain 10 lbs tonight by eating all 40 cookies I made. I added some white chocolate chips to mine (not too many) and a little bit more untoasted coconut but everything else was exact. I had to force myself to stop eating the dough. THANK YOU for this recipe…guess I’m going to have to start following your blog :)

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