It’s my turn to share with you a recipe. I’m excited to be apart of Carol’s (Just Let Me Quilt) Virtual Cookie Exchange for the 5th year. See those here. It’s a hop that I’ve come to look forward to.
This year I’m sharing a recipe that came from my Grandma’s recipe book that I received after she pasted 19yrs ago. I was surprised she had any cookbooks cause I never knew to bake anything other than cornbread.
The original recipe was a macaroon but I was wanting a thumbprint so I altered it. I’ve also been moving towards recipes that don’t have much sugar or flour. That doesn’t mean that I don’t occasionally have a chocolate chip cookie. lol I’m just trying to limit the amount of sugar I eat.
This cookie is really easy to make and the cookie dough doesn’t have any sugar. The sugar is in the cherry jam and chocolate. If you wanted to limit that further you could use sugar free.
You start by mixing all the ingredients together with exception of the melted chocolate.
Then you scoop the dough into small balls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. I used my Pampered Chef stone.
Then you make small indention’s in the centers with your finger. I used the back of the 1 tsp spoon. Spoon the cherry jam into the center.
You then bake at 350 for 15 mins or till the coconut flakes turn a golden color. You will want to remove immediately from the cookie sheet to cool. If you leave them there too long they could stick.
Once cooled drizzle the melted chocolate. I melted the chocolate in the microwave at 2 min intervals. You could also use white chocolate. That would look pretty on the cookies too. 🙂 I already had the dark chocolate chips so this is what I used.
I’m not the best drizzler. lol I just used a tablespoon to get the job done. If you were wanting chocolate drizzles to be more consistent you could use a pastry bag.
Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope you enjoy the cookies.
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I love coconut and I would switch the chocolate for a lite glace.
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The sounds to be tasty too. Thanks so much for stopping by.
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Those cookies sound absolutely wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe!
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Thank you! They are wonderful, at least I think so. I’ve only ate a plate of them in the last two days. lol I’m so glad you stopped by.
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Thanks for the cookie recipe, they looked absolutely Delish! Always looking for less sugar goodie recipes as our grandson gets too hyper on regular sweets. Love the idea of white chocolate as a variation.
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Thank you. I think white chocolate would look so pretty drizzled on. So glad you stopped by.
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I love no sugar in the cookies dough. The cookies look really delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
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Your welcome. I hope you enjoy the cookies.
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Thank you for this cookie recipe. My husband is diabetic so he has to watch his sugar intake. These cookies would be perfect for him, and he loves coconut. Thanks for sharing.
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That’s awesome. My grandfather was a diabetic so I understand how important that is. I really hope he enjoys them. 🙂
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Your cookies look fabulous.
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Thank you. So glad you stopped by.
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I loved this recipe and ate a whole half dozen (virtually) and saved it for a non virtual experience!
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lol, so glad you enjoyed them! 🙂 So glad you stopped by!
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Oh my gosh, I have to make these. I love macaroon cookies and you made them look easy and yummy! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe and for hopping with us! xo
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Your welcome. I had fun! I hope you enjoy the cookies.
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Thank you for your recipe. I don’t react well to sugar so this recipe looks perfect. I need to bring a dessert to a potluck and I think I can make this with gluten free flour thus covering a lot of bases.
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Your welcome. I thought about that too. Using gluten free flour. Thanks for stopping by!
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Thanks so much, the cookies look delicious!
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Your welcome. Thanks for stopping by!
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Coconut, jam and chocolate… great combination, these cookies look delicious. Thanks for sharing.
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Your welcome. Thanks for stopping by!
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Yummy, anything coconut gets my vote as the next cookie to make. Thank you!!
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Your welcome. Oh, I love coconut too!!
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What a picture; it made my mouth water just looking. It looks like an easy recipe and I love that it has no sugar and is low on flour. Thanks. Have a wonderful Christmas season.
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Your so welcome. I love that the sugar is easy to control by your choice of jam and chocolate. Low flour is great too.
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Hi Michelle! Oh my, that photo makes me want to reach into the computer for one of these. Y.u.m. I love just about everything that uses coconut. And then to have it be low sugar – woot woot. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I think I need to make some of these for Christmas Eve. ~smile~ Roseanne
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Your welcome! I hope you enjoy!
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These look like something I would absolutely love and your drizzling looks spectacular to me! Thanks for sharing…I’m off to my kitchen to look for ingredients! 🙂
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Awesome! I hope you enjoy 😀
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Chocolate and cherry macaroonish thumbprints? Yes, please! These sound amazing! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Your welcome! Thank you for stopping by!
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I adore chocolate, so of course, these are on my list to make!!! Thank you for sharing!!
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy!
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I’ll be trying this recipe. I also love the enjoy life chips. Yum!
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They are so good aren’t they?! Thanks for stopping by!
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I love macaroons and this version looks like I could actually pull them off. So yummy looking and sounding. Thanks for sharing with us. Have a Very Merry Christmas
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The recipe is so easy and doesn’t take long to pull together. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Thanks for sharing! Your cookies look great!
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Your welcome! Thanks for stopping by!
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Thanks for sharing you cookie recipe, they look interesting. Have a Merry Christmas.
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Thanks so much for stopping by!
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