Doris's Coconut Lemon Melts

Name: Doris's Coconut Lemon Melts
Yield: Makes 36 cookies
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (12 1/2 ounces; 354 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 1 cup, macadamia nuts, toasted; 1 cup (2 ounces; 57 grams), sweetened flaked coconut, toasted; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams) plus 2 tablespoons, superfine sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 large, egg plus 1 large yolk; 1 tablespoon, grated lemon zest plus 4 teaspoons juice; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 12 ounces (340 grams), white chocolate, chopped; 1/8 teaspoon, lemon oil; 6 ounces (170 grams), semisweet chocolate, chopped

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2015

Desserts or Baked Goods

Holiday

We pack this shortbread dough full of flavor by using ground macadamia nuts, coconut, and both lemon juice and zest.

SERVESMakes 36 cookies

TIME1¾ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling and 1 hour setting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We pack this shortbread dough full of flavor by using ground macadamia nuts, coconut, and both lemon juice and zest. Shaping the cookies by rolling them into balls and flattening them with a measuring cup or flat-bottomed glass is a foolpro...

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