Here’s an old recipe from way back when that I revised and refreshed for the year 2020! Pistachio Coconut Corn Flake Cookies are made with pistachios ground in the food processor with unsweetened coconut and Corn Flakes cereal. They also have chocolate chunks and dried cherries, so they lack nothing. In addition to lots of flavors, they have a light and crumbly texture thanks to the cereal/nut mixture and the ⅓ cup of cornstarch in the dough, and they do bake up into nice rounds even though shaping the crumbly dough is kind of a drag.
Yes, this dough is fairly dry and not the easiest to scoop. You may have to use your hands to shape it, in which case you have to really mash all the crumbly stuff into the balls of dough.
This recipe will give you about 42 cookies. If you want to try the recipe but don’t need quite so many, you can halve the recipe. To halve the egg, just crack it into a little cup, mix with a fork and measure out 2 tablespoons.
I should also add that these cookies keep well, so you can mail them or keep them around in a tin rather than in the freezer.
If you are not in a pistachio mood and just want a good cookie made with Corn Flakes, I recommend Ultimate Corn Flake Cookies.
- White Chocolate Pistachio Crunch Cookies
- Chocolate Pistachio Thins
- Pistachio Cherry Chocolate Chip Bars
- Small Batch Pistachio Pudding Dessert
- Pistachio Pudding Mix Scones
Recipe
Pistachio Coconut Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 225 grams
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 175 grams
- 1 large or extra large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose very lightly spooned and swept (260 grams)***
- ⅓ cup cornstarch 45 grams
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup roasted unsalted shelled pistachios
- 2 cups loosely packed unsweetened shredded coconut 2 oz
- 2 cups Corn Flakes cereal
- 1 cup dried cherries
- ¾ cup chopped dark or milk chocolate
Instructions
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Preheat oven heat to 325 degrees F.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars until creamy, scraping the side of the bowl often. Add the egg and vanilla and beat just until blended.
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In a separate bowl, thoroughly stir together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir flour mixture into sugar mixture.
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Put the pistachios and coconut in a food processor and pulse until pistachios are chopped. Add Corn Flakes and pulse 5 more times to crush cereal.
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Dump pistachio/coconut/cereal mixture into cookie batter and stir until batter comes together. It will be very thick, so it’s best to use your hands or paddle attachment of a stand mixer.
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Shape dough into ¾ to 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheets. Press balls down slightly so that tops are flat. Bake one sheet at a time for about 15 minutes or until cookies start to brown around the edges. Let cool for about 3 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to wire rack to cool. Let cool completely before serving.
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Makes about 42 cookies.
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