Coconut Castles

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shortening (margarine or butter)
  • 2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 4 cups coconut
  • 4 cups corn flakes, crushed from 8 cups
  • 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Cream the shortening and brown sugar (I often cut the sugar down by 20% or so). Add salt, vanilla and the beaten eggs.
  3. Crush the cornflakes. I always do this by measuring out twice as much uncrushed Corn Flakes and crushing them down to the correct amount. For this large recipe, I have two big four cup measures full of uncrushed Corn Flakes, and then crush them by hand down to two cups each.
  4. (You can make this recipe gluten free by using gluten free corn flakes -- they take a little more force to crush but make the cookies even crunchier and cut down on the sugar).
  5. Add cornflakes, coconut and nuts to the egg and shortening mixture and mix well.
  6. Measure by tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets, either well-greased or, better yet, covered with baking parchment.
  7. Cook until golden brown, about 10 to 14 minutes, depending on your oven.
  8. Let the cookies cool on the pan until they firm up.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

848 kcal 42% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 6.4g 13% DV
Total Fat 53.2g 68% DV
Carbs 77.7g 28% DV
Fiber 5.3g 19% DV
Sugar 31.9g 64% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 9916.8mg 100% DV
Potassium 425.5mg 9% DV
Cholesterol 64.5mg 22% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 261.8mcg 29% DV
Vitamin C 17.5mg 19% DV
Vitamin D 1.8mcg 9% DV
Calcium 108mg 8% DV
Iron 6.9mg 38% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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