There’s just something about these though. The coconut, the salted caramel, the melt-in-your-mouth buttery goodness. These cookies speak to me. In other words someone please hide them! I just had to quickly take most of them to neighbors because I knew I couldn’t resist these ones (then I later heard from my neighbor that she hid them away for herself lol. She had the same problem as me).
There are a few extra steps with these since they need to be rolled, indented and filled but those couple of extra steps make them an over-the-top, worthy of any holiday, kind of cookie. To keep them things from getting too messy, I like to use one hand for rolling in the egg, then the other for rolling in the coconut – kind of like when you bread chicken.
Another thing that helps is to press the coconut onto the cookie to help it adhere, if you just roll it through the coconut it doesn’t stick all that well. And I chose to just chill these cookies directly on the baking sheets, but you can definitely chill them on plates or in containers if you don’t have room for two sheet pans in your fridge. Then just transfer them to the baking pans after they’ve chilled and bake as directed.
Obviously a highlight of the cookies is the course sea salt. I’ve got salt on my mind lately since last week I had the opportunity to attend Morton Salt’s Next Door Chef event in New Orleans along with several other guests. It was a fun dinner experience where they converted someones home into an actual pop-up restaurant for a day. Below is a few sneak pictures of the event. I’ll be sharing more in the coming months so be sure to keep a look out for more. I think I might even have to share that Budino recipe!
Of course, my favorite part of the meal was the Coconut Caramel Budino with Grilled Mangos and Morton Kosher Salt which was served for dessert. It was dreamy so I knew I needed to use that combination again to make something for the holidays, and that’s how these cookies came about.
Acclaimed chef Nina Compton coached a home cook and then this cook prepared an incredible meal for us in which different types of Morton salt were used. At the event we tried a number of inspiring dishes where we could taste how different types of salt transformed each dish, from appetizer and drinks, to side dish, to the main dish and then onto dessert.
More salted caramel recipes you’ll love
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