We recently had a taste for some Girl Scout cookies but they
are no longer available. Rather than
wait until it’s cookie time again, we decided to make our own. We had a store-brand knock off cookie to
taste and knew it would be easy to re-create.
We also ‘googled’ and found some recipes that looked like ‘sort of’ what
we wanted to do.
We used someone else’s shortbread recipe, but decided next
time, we would use our own. The recipe
for shortbread cookies is one we have used for years and love. If you want to make it really easy, use
purchased shortbread cookies. Just know
that they may not have the hole in the middle.
You can use caramel from the grocery store, purchase ‘fresh’
caramel from a candy store such as Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory or make
your own. There is a Rocky Mountain
Chocolate Factory in Arizona Mills (if you live in Mesa) or Outlets of Anthem
(if you live in Prescott). We always
have homemade caramel in the freezer for dishes like this.
Samoas Cookies copycat recipe
Makes about 4 dozen
Shortbread recipe
¼ cup
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Confectioners’
sugar
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¼ cup
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Granulated sugar
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1 ¼ cups
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Unsalted butter (1
½ sticks) refrigerated and cut into 8 to 10 pieces
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2 ½ cups
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All purpose flour
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Dash
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Kosher salt
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Preheat oven to 325°
Place both sugars in food
processor and process until very fine.
Add butter, pulse until sugar
disappears. Add flour and
salt, pulse until no dry particles
remain. (Mixture will be moist and
crumbly.)
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| Cookies w/hole in center |
Make balls about 1 inch and
place on a cookie sheets 2 inches
apart. Flatten each ball with the bottom of a glass or a rolling pin. Each cookie should
be about 2” when flattened. Using the
back of a round wooden spoon, make a small circle in the middle of the
cookie. My circles were about ½ to
¾”. Optionally you can try to roll out this dough…but it can be
difficult to roll out nicely.
Bake 20-25 minutes until pale
golden. Remove from cookie sheets; cool
completely on wire racks.
Topping recipe:
· 2 ½ cups
Shredded unsweetened coconut,
toasted
· 1 lb Caramels
(soft) (we used homemade but store bought will work, too)
· Dash Kosher
salt
· 2-3 tbsp Milk
· ½ lb. Dark
or semisweet chocolate chips
· 1-2 tbsp Shortening (such as Crisco)
· 4 dozen Shortbread
cookies
To toast
the shredded coconut, put it in a large frying pan on medium to low heat. Stir the coconut until it is toasted. Do not look away or it goes from perfect to
burned in seconds. Remove from heat and
place on a plate to cool. See the video
for easy instructions.
Place your caramels, milk and salt in a microwave-safe
bowl. Microwave for 1 minute; stir
well. Put back in the microwave for
another minute at a time. When the
caramel is smooth, it is ready. Adjust
the amount of milk you use so that the caramel is a spreading consistency. Some caramels are more firm than others.
Stir the toasted coconut into the caramel mixture.
Gently spread the caramel/coconut mixture on top of your
cookies.
Melt the chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave 15
seconds at a time, stirring well after each interval. When the chips are almost melted, remove from
the microwave and stir, using the residual heat to melt the remaining
chips. DO NOT OVERHEAT or you will ruin
your chocolate.
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| Bottom of cookie dipped in chocolate. Top has caramel/coconut, then drizzled with chocolate |
Now, be prepared to get messy. Spread some of the chocolate on a plate. Hold the cookie on the edges and dip the
cookie into the chocolate to cover the entire bottom. Place the chocolate cookie on either
parchment paper or a Silpat. Continue
with the remaining chocolate. (Do not
discard the remaining chocolate as you will use it in a few minutes.) If your kitchen is really hot, you may want
to put the cookies in the refrigerator for a few minutes.
Use the remaining melted chocolate to drizzle over top of
the cookies once they're all dipped. We used a fork to drizzle uneven strokes
of chocolate on the top of the cookie. Let the chocolate harden and enjoy.
Store in an air tight container for up to a few days.
We love these cookies and are sure they are going to show up on a goodie table soon.
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