Browned Butter Coconut Cookies

a simple and sweet spring cookie

I’ve been in a comfort mood this week. We’ve had at least three ‘easy pasta’ dinners where I rustle around in the fridge/pantry and toss whatever I find into a pasta. On the way home from yoga last night, I stopped off at the Dairy Queen around the corner from our house and brought home a cookie dough blizzard for Martin and a very classic hot fudge sundae for myself. (Which also reminded me how much I LOVE hot fudge and should I be working on a recipe that features it??) And I restarted Friends for the hundredth time. I’ve just been fulling leaning into all things simple and familiar.

From that comfy, cozy mood these cookies were born. I was cleaning out my baking shelf and found a bag of finely shredded coconut tucked into the back corner begging to be used. In order to pump up the warmth, I toasted the coconut and filled the cookies with browned butter and vanilla. And in the simplest cookie, with no chill time (and you really don’t even need a mixer), these couldn’t be cozier.

There are few notes at the bottom of the recipe, so be sure to read those before baking. Happy weekend, my friends!

browned butter coconut cookies

makes 20-24 cookies