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Cranberry-Coconut Chocolate Cookies

Tart dried cranberries, sweet coconut, and rich chocolate are a winning combination in these Cranberry-Coconut Chocolate Cookies! - Bake or Break

Baking ideas mostly come from all the places you’d think – a dessert in a restaurant or bakery, an idea about a unique ingredient, a desire to reproduce a favorite childhood flavor. Sometimes, though, I get baking inspiration from some less than obvious places. In the case of these cookies, I was inspired by a snack I had the other day.

The snack in question was a lovely combination of chocolate chips, coconut, and dried cranberries. It was surprisingly good. I immediately started thinking about using those flavors to bake something equally as delicious. It was a toss-up between cookies and brownies, but the thought of a dark chocolate cookie swung the vote in the cookie direction.

Coconut-Cranberry Chocolate Cookies | Bake or Break

Unlike the milk chocolate in my inspiring snack, I made a darker chocolate cookie using cocoa powder. The sweet coconut and tangy cranberries are a lovely match for the rich chocolate.

I used unsweetened coconut instead of the more-easily-found sweetened coconut. I think it works well for these cookies, both in taste and texture. If you only have access to sweetened coconut, your cookies will be a bit sweeter unless you decrease the sugar by a few tablespoons.

Cranberry-Coconut Chocolate Cookies

Yield about 24 cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes

Tart dried cranberries, sweet coconut, and rich chocolate are a winning combination in these Cranberry-Coconut Chocolate Cookies.

Tart dried cranberries, sweet coconut, and rich chocolate are a winning combination in these Cranberry-Coconut Chocolate Cookies! - Bake or Break

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with silicone liners or parchment paper.
  2. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  3. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
  4. Reduce mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 or 4 portions. Mix just until combined. Stir in coconut and cranberries.
  5. Drop dough by 2 tablespoon portions onto prepared pans. Slightly flatten each cookie. Bake 12-14 minutes or until cookies are set.

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    11 Comments on “Cranberry-Coconut Chocolate Cookies”

  1. These looks delicious!!! Love the cranberry and coconut combination…

    Mr. & Mrs. P
    http://www.cristyandmichael.blogspot.com

  2. This flavor combination sounds fabulous. I’d love to sink my teeth into a couple if these now. 😃

  3. The cookies sound wonderful- the snack, though, is awaiting my consumption in about 6 seconds. Great idea! I’ll be making these soon…

  4. I love this flavour combination! these cookies sound really tasty

  5. I love all the things that are going on in this cookie. GENIUS.

  6. I am recently obsessed with all things chocolate and coconut…the combination is just so good! I’ve never thrown cranberry into the mix but now I think I have to!

  7. This is like an antioxidant and flavanoid(?…maybe?) power combo! (and, more importantly, super delicious)

    Thanks for sharing!

  8. I find it a really interesting combination coconut and cranberries!

  9. Mmmm yum yum yum!
    Coconut and cranberries are delicious together!
    Thanks for sharing xx
    Leah x

  10. I’m not a cookie/sweets lover, made these last weekend for husband and I loved them more than he did, amazing best cookie ever, a like crisp on outside n like a brownie on the inside moist, thanks for recipe

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