You Put the Lime on the Coconut
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 2:00AM | Seeley deBorn Just what the doctor ordered.
A coworker asked me to make one of his favourite cookies for him, and gave me a recipe. Which I almost managed to follow.
Not Quite Jubilee Jumbles
What you need:
- 1/2 c butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs (I only had one and it worked, but 2 would be better)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 c flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp allspice (use more, at least 1/2 tsp)
- 2/3 c cream (I've also seen evaporated milk or sour cream used in these)
- 2 c coconut
What you gotta do:
As usual have everything at room temp and preheat your oven to 350.
Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the egg(s) and vanilla.
Stir in the cream. Gently at first then, once it's mostly incorporated, beat it for a minute or two until it's kinda fluffy.
In another bowl, combine the flour, soda, salt, and spice. I opted for allspice since I was going for slightly carribean flavours here. I was a little concerned the allspice would overpower things so I went easy on it. Too easy. It was pretty much not there. Needs more.
Mix the dry into the wet until it's just combined and then mix in the coconut.
If it feels too soft to you, chill the dough for an hour or so.
Drop spoonfuls onto parchment paper and bake at 350 for about 13 minutes. They don't spread much so you can get 15 onto one sheet.
Once they've cooled you can glaze them. This is not at all the typical glaze for a Jubilee Jumble. Like I said, these are Not Quite Jubilee Jumbles.
Limey Glaze for Coconutty Cookies
- zest of about half a lime
- 1/4 c cream (or so)
- a bunch of icing sugar
Yes, I started zesting the lime before I remembered that I needed an ingredients pic.
Zest the lime and stir the zest into the cream.
Add icing sugar until you get the right consistency.
This was too thin. It might have worked, but I think it would have taken longer to set than I was willing to wait.
This seemed better. I had to use a spoon to spread the glaze on the cookies rather than pour it on or dip them in.
Once they were all set, I packed them up, and took them to work for the spoiled children project managers. This is their last week of cookies for a while... School starts in a couple weeks and I'm heading to TX to hang out with Recipe Guy until I have to to calculus again.
You will not believe what we're going to make...
Reader Comments (2)
Okay these look awesome, wondering if I have 2 cups of coconut... and if I can pilfer a lime off my neighbor... mmmm.
Um... is there some kind of group think going on here? Taneasha and I just made something involving limes and coconuts - but you'll have to wait to see what. Though I will say one thing: Lime. Sugar.
Believe me, it's amazing.
E