Pina Colada Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• In a big mixing bowl, place the softened cream cheese and butter; blend with an electric mixer set on med-high speed for 1-2 minutes, until blended and smooth.
• Add in the egg yolk, pineapple juice, rum extract, and half of the cake mix; blend with an electric mixer set on med-high speed for 1-2 minutes, until blended and smooth.
• Stir in the remaining cake mix and coconut with a wooden spoon until all dry ingredients are moistened.
• Chill dough, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Position oven rack in the middle of oven; spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 9-11 minutes or until set at edges and just barely set at center when lightly touched.
• Cool 1 minute on sheets; transfer to wire racks with a metal spatula and cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Put the cake mix in a mixing bowl and add the butter. Using a pastry blender or 2 forks, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the eggs, milk and rum. Beat with a wooden spoon until you form a smooth batter. Fold in coconut until evenly distributed.
• Spray 2 madeleine molds with nonstick cooking spray. Using a tablespoon, drop the batter into the molds filling halfway. If you don't have madeleine molds, you may drop the batter on an ungreased baking pan. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the cookies are nicely browned. Let cool in the pan then turn out onto a platter. Repeat method with remaining batter.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 deg F.
• Combine butter, caster sugar, brown sugar in a large mixer bowl.
• Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add egg, mix until combined.
• Add the lemon juice, zest, almond and coconut extract.
• Combine well.
• Mix salt with flour.
• Add it to the butter mixture gradually.
• (I use a wooden spoon) Put dough into cookie press.
• Press cookies onto UNGREASED cookie sheet.
• Bake for about 8 minutes.
• NOTE: Before baking, i brush cookies with egg yolk glaze, fill the middle with some pineapple jam/filling and sprinkle with some dessicated coconut.
• Very delicious tropical cookies that i bake for Chinese New Year.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter in a bowl. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add defrosted pineapple juice and mix.
• In another bowl combine flour and baking soda. Add to liquid mixture. Mix well.
• Stir in oats, coconut and pineapple, then mix well.
• Drop by rounded tablespoons on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until light golden brown.
• Cool one minute on cookie sheet then transfer to cooling rack to complete cooling.
• Store in air-tight container.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Wrap outside bottom and side of 10-inch springform pan with foil to prevent leaking. Spray inside bottom and side of pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix crust ingredients. Press crust mixture on bottom of pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs; one at a time; just until blended. On low speed, beat in remaining filling ingredients except pineapple. Gently fold in pineapple. Pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until edge of cheesecake is set at least 2 inches from edge of pan but center of cheesecake still jiggles slightly when moved. Run small metal spatula around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes. Cool in pan on cooling rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight before serving.
• In 1-quart saucepan, mix reserved pineapple juice plus enough water to equal 2/3 cup, cornstarch, and sugar. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened. Cool 20 minutes at room temperature.
• In large bowl, toss glaze with pineapple and mango. Spoon onto top of cheesecake. Garnish with mint leaves.