Elsie’s Chocolate Coconut Islands
My grandmother was the queen of the soft cookie, this is one of my favorites.
Ingredients
2 cups of flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
3 ozs. unsweetened chocolate
¼ tsp instant coffee
¼ cup hot water
½ cup softened butter
1 cup of packed, light brown sugar
1 egg
½ cup of sour cream
1/3 cup flake coconut
- FROSTING
1 ½ ozs unsweetened chocolate
¼ cup sour cream
1 tablespoon softened butter
1 1/2 cups confectionery sugar
1 tablespoon milk
Extra coconut
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together.
- Melt the 3 ozs. of unsweetened chocolate in the ¼ tsp instant coffee dissolved in the ¼ of hot water in a saucepan over low heat. Remove and cool.
- Cream the butter & brown sugar together, then add the egg and chocolate mixture. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the ½ cup of sour cream.
- Stir in the coconut.
- Make the frosting. Heat in a double boiler the unsweetened chocolate, sour cream, and butter. Remove from the heat. Blend in the confectionery sugar and milk in until smooth.
- Drop cookie batter by the tablespoonful onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake for 12 minutes. 8. Immediately remove from the cookie sheets and frost before cooling. Sprinkle extra coconut on top.
Notes
- Makes 3 1/2 dozen
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