Cookie Recipes
Chocolate-Coconut Slices
Ingredients
Filling
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Dough
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
Instructions
Filling
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth. Stir in coconut and nuts; chill.
Dough
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until well blended.
- Stir in flour, blending thoroughly. Knead to form a smooth ball.
- Shape into a rectangle; wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll dough, between 2 pieces of wax paper, into a 14 x 4 x 1/2 inch rectangle; remove the top piece of paper. Shape cream cheese mixture into a 14 inch roll; place on the dough. Roll dough around the filling; seal the edges.
- Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick vegetable spray.
- Cut dough into 1/4 inch slices. Place on prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until delicately browned.
- Cool for 1 minute.
- Remove from cookie sheets; cool on a wire rack.