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So our favorite Girl Scout cookie just got ten times better.
Everything you love about Samoas, but with cinnamon sugar and dulce de leche.
I mean, I mean?!?! Does that not sound awesome or what???
Alright so here’s the deal. It’s Friday and I think I have legit made over forty recipes this week, and well, I can’t deny that I’m feeling a little beat…but not horribly so. Oddly I am still happy and excited, and yes, I even want to continue cooking and photographing. I had kind of a rough day on Wednesday, but I went into Thursday with a new mindset that I am hoping to carry on throughout the day.
Like bring on the last day of the week, I am SOO ready for you.
OKok and I’m maybe ready for a few cookies too. I made ZERO chocolate this week. It was about all things savory and colorful…I think. To be honest, I can’t even remember everything I made. I’d have to go back and go through photos to tell you if there was chocolate. Which would take hours, like no joke, so let’s just chat about these cute and delicious cookies. Mmm, k?
Cool!
SOO.
These cookies are just like everyone’s favorite Girl Scout cookie, but instead of the same old caramel we’re using Mexican Dulce de Leche.
YESS.
Dulce de Leche…aka the bestest kind of caramel goodness around.
AND that’s not all. Those buttery shortbread cookies? Yeah, those get rolled through a little cinnamon sugar just as they come out of the oven. So think churro, meets chocolate coconut cookie.
Really, the only words that best describe these cookies are simple.
SO GOOD… So, So, So Good!
They are really sweet, sweeter than most desserts I typically make because they have cinnamon sugar and caramel. But it’s still cool, cause they are just that good, and because it’s Friday. And on Friday, especially this Friday, I just feel like we need something extra, extra sweet, sinful and just amazing.
Plus, I feel like a really good treat is a must today since it’s my cousin Abby’s birthday. Which also means… celebration time. Typically I would make a cake, but Abby is BIG on the Mexican food scene, so I felt like Samoas were much more fitting.
Eeerrr, well? Truth is, I had another post in mind for today that I had promised Abby would go up on her birthday, but I just didn’t have the recipe ready to go in time. It needs some tweaking on my end, so next Friday. Sorry about that Abby, BUT I mean, I know you’ll appreciate these cookies.
Again… cinnamon sugar, Dulce de Leche, coconut and chocolate.
Now can we all just give Friday a giant fist pump?!?! ?
And then make some KILLER Samoas cookies?!?!?
Mexican Samoas Cookies.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Caramel and Chocolate Topping
- 3 cups shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 (14 ounce) can dulce de leche
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8-12 ounces dark chocolate, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, 1/3 cup sugar, milk, and the vanilla in a medium size mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the flour and baking powder and beat until combined.
- Flour a clean work surface and dump the dough out onto the surface. Roll the dough out into 1/8 inch thick circle. Using a 2 inch circle cookie cutter, cut as many cookies out as possible. Then using a smaller 1/2 inch to 1 inch circle cookie cutter, cut the centers out of each cookies to make a doughnut shape. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining dough, re-rolling it to create as many cookies as you can. Place the trays of cookies in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes or until lightly golden on top. In a small bowl combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. As the cookies come out of the oven, dip each warm cookie in the cinnamon sugar to completely coat one side. Place on a cooling rack and let cool fully before topping.
- Spread the coconut out on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, tossing the coconut halfway through cooking. Watch the coconut closely as it can go from toasted to burnt very fast. Let the coconut cool and then add to a mixing bowl.
- In a small sauce pan, combine 1/2 cup dulce de leche with the milk and melt together over low heat until smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour the dulce de leche mixture over the toasted coconut and mix well.
- Take the remaining dulce de leche in the can and spread a little over the top of each cookie. Now press the coconut mixture on top of the cookie to gently adhere. Place back on the cookie sheet and repeat with the remaining cookies. Place the cookies in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate. Remove the cookies from the freezer and dip the bottom half of each cookie into the melted chocolate allowing any excess to drip of. Place the cookies back on a parchment or wax lined baking sheet as you finish. Using a spoon or fork , drizzle the top half of each cookie with chocolate. Place the pan of cookies in the fridge for 10-20 minutes to allow the chocolate to set...and then EAT!!! 🙂
- Cookies can be kept in the fridge or at room temperature in a cool, dry place.
Notes
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And then eat them ALL?!?! Please, please, please?! Let’s start the weekend off right. ?
PS. Abby, hope you have the bestest of birthdays. Eat some damn good Mexican and then finish it off with these homemade Mexican Samoas Cookies. Get your sweet roommate (yes, you Sarah) to make them for you. And Sarah, don’t forget to put a candle in there too. DO IT 🙂 ?
Oh my gosh, Tieghan! These look amazing! On another note, forty recipes this week? I can’t even wrap my brain around the possibility of that! Does that mean made and shot? Is that 24/7? Are you cloning yourself in the kitchen? Wow. Just wow.
Thank you!! Haha basically, feels like 24/7!
Wouldn’t it be cool if these were giant edible inflatables for swimming with? The things I think about 🙂 They look so good Tieghan!!
HAHA Thanks Gerry!!
These cookies look incredible! I must make these…or make my husband make them for me. 😛 I just love the taste of samoas, but hate all the artificial ingredients in the Girl Scouts kind. These look so much better. I seriously want them now.
Thank you!! i hope you get to make them and love them!
How far in advance can these be made ahead? Can they be frozen?
Hi Lisa,
These are good for up to 5 days in an airtight container. Yes, you can freeze them. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
Forty recipes?! I would drop dead. But these cookies-so perfect. Also take a vacation!
It is a LOT of work but its fun! Thanks Megan!
Girlfriend, I seriously don’t know how you come up with so many amazing recipes. You’re a freaking genius.
Awh thank you so much Sarah!
These cookies look amazing!!! Beautiful photos as usual! Forty recipes??? That’s incredible!!
Thanks Deborah! ((:
There is no way I could make and photograph 40 recipes in one week and remain functional! How do you do it?! These cookies look like the perfect pick-me-up however, yum!
I dunno!! I just try and keep it fun, though it gets to me sometimes! Thanks for the kind words Hannah:)
Wow Tieghan, I can’t imagine our favorite Girl Scout cookie getting ten times better, but if you had something to do with it, I would totally agree! These look amazing! I’m sure Abby’s going to LOVE them!
WOW Thank you so much! I hope so! Thanks Mary Ann
These look amazing I just made some buttermilk miso dulce de leches so I may make some with that xxx
Sounds yummy! Hope you love them!
Wow, these look phenomenal! Samoas are my favorite and I love that you added a Mexican twist – and just in time for Cinco de Mayo, too! Also, 40 recipes?! You deserve a vacation. There’s no way I could do that in one week and still have the energy to string together a sentence.
Thank you!! HAHA im being told that a lot! Maybe its time!!
Ok whoa! These look incredible and I’ll definitely be making them! Great photos!
Thanks so much Kathy
Ok, this is the best recipe you’ve ever done. Samoas are the most addicting cookie out there. Okay, heading to Target to get a Spanx bathing suit now. (they’re cheaper there).
Haha thank you Laura!!
Um beautiful!!! Samoas are one of the BEST cookies!
They’re so yummy! thanks Rebecca!
Glad your Friday is better than your Wednesday and hope your Saturday is even better.
As for the cookies I’ve never had this kind but they look good.
Thanks!! ME too!! Hope you get to try Nancy!
when does dulce de leche not make something better?!?! and i love how these look- golden and toasty and chocolatey and pretty spot on with the originals!
AH Thank you Heather!