I am 100% in love with Publix's Calyso Bites cookies. They are just regular cookies with coconut and walnuts in them, but they are DELICIOUS. If you know me, you know I am not so much a cookie person - but these babies knock my socks off. The perfect blend of sweet and not ... I found some recipes online that claim to be similar. Here's one:
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CALYPSO COOKIES
1 stick margarine (1/2 cup)
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1&1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1&1/4 cup quick cooking oats, crushed in a blender
1 cup self-rising flour
6 oz. dried pineapple, or half a can crushed pineapple, strained through cheesecloth & patted dry
7 oz. shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Mix margarine, sugars, vanilla and almond extract; set aside.
Process oats in blender until they are a fine powder, add flour and oat powder to the margarine mixture. Blend well. If mixture seems too dry, add one egg.
Add pineapple, coconut, and nuts to the mix.
Make into balls (slightly smaller than a golf ball) and place on a greased and floured cookie sheet. Flatten ball with a fork and then bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
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I am not so sure about the pineapple - I certainly don't taste it in these Publix cookies, but the rest looks about right. I got this from http://www.recipelink.com/; there are a few other variations on this theme there if you want to look. Hmmm, that bite may have had pineapple in it. Give these babies a try, seriously. Unless you are fantastically afraid of (or allergic to) coconut, I can see no reason why you wouldn't fall in love with these little sweeties, as well. I may add these to my Christmas cookie plate list!
Ciao (chow!)!
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CALYPSO COOKIES
1 stick margarine (1/2 cup)
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1&1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1&1/4 cup quick cooking oats, crushed in a blender
1 cup self-rising flour
6 oz. dried pineapple, or half a can crushed pineapple, strained through cheesecloth & patted dry
7 oz. shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Mix margarine, sugars, vanilla and almond extract; set aside.
Process oats in blender until they are a fine powder, add flour and oat powder to the margarine mixture. Blend well. If mixture seems too dry, add one egg.
Add pineapple, coconut, and nuts to the mix.
Make into balls (slightly smaller than a golf ball) and place on a greased and floured cookie sheet. Flatten ball with a fork and then bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
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I am not so sure about the pineapple - I certainly don't taste it in these Publix cookies, but the rest looks about right. I got this from http://www.recipelink.com/; there are a few other variations on this theme there if you want to look. Hmmm, that bite may have had pineapple in it. Give these babies a try, seriously. Unless you are fantastically afraid of (or allergic to) coconut, I can see no reason why you wouldn't fall in love with these little sweeties, as well. I may add these to my Christmas cookie plate list!
Ciao (chow!)!
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