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Baking Birthday Cookies for America

Happy Birthday, America!

Baking birthday cookies is a sweet way to celebrate the Fourth of July. Since cookies is one of America’s favorite foods, and pina colada is a popular tropical drink, let’s combine them into one delicious package called pina colada cookies.


These soft and moist cookies need a touch of rum, but the alcohol will evaporate during baking.

ingredients for pina colada birthday cookies

Unsalted butter,½ cup or 1 stick
softened
Sugar1 cup
Eggs2 large
Rum2 Tbsp
All purpose flour2 cups
Baking soda¼ tsp
Salt¼ tsp
Crushed pineapple, drained½ cup
Flaked coconut2/3 cup
Peanuts, coarsely chopped1 cup

    Before adding flour
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

  • Cream softened butter and sugar on medium speed until thoroughly combined.

  • Mix in eggs and rum.

    Dough for pina colada birthday cookies


  • Fold in flour, baking soda, and salt. Then add crushed pineapple, coconut flakes, and chopped peanuts.

  • Ready for bakingDrop dough by tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets, spacing about 2-inches apart.

  • Bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

  • Cooking birthday cookies on wire rackTransfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Store pina colada cookies in an airtight container. This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies.

    Pina colada birthday cookies for America

  • Dust cookies with confectioners’ sugar before serving if desired. Macadamia nuts is a good substitute for peanuts.


Other Easy Recipes for Drop Cookies

I adapted this recipe for pina colada birthday cookies from Sweet Maria’s Cookie Jar by Maria Bruscino Sanchez. First edition: October 2002. St. Martin’s Griffin, N.Y.



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