Strawberry Jell-o & Coconut Cookies

By srumbel

These cookies are very simple to make and don’t have any added coloring. All of that color comes from the Jell-O mix. You could try different flavors, for this one I used strawberry! The raspberry or orange Jell-O mix would make some delicious cookies using this same base recipe and just switching out the flavor of the Jell-O. The rest of the ingredients are pretty standard cookie stuff – flour, sugar, butter, etc.
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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
• Scant 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup strawberry Jell-O mix, dry
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup shredded sweetened coconut

Preparation

Step 1

These cookies bake at a slightly higher temperature than most cookies. They are baked at 400 degrees F instead of a typical 350 degree F oven. They also can burn very quickly if you aren’t keeping an eye on them. One minute they will be under baked and the next they could be burned. I baked the batches all at about 6-8 minutes, but start checking yours at 6 minutes and every minute after that to ensure they cook don’t burn. The variance in time depends on the sizes of your cookies. I used a standard cookie scoop which helps to take out the guessing.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Using hand beaters or a stand mixer, cream together the butter, sugar (scant means not quite a half cup. Leave out about a tablespoon) and dry Jell-O mix until light and creamy.
Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
In a separate bowl, combine the salt, baking powder and flour.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
Stir in the coconut.
Using a cookie scoop, scoop out large bits of the dough, and place them on a cookie sheet.
Bake for about 6 to 8 minutes, and then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.