TWD - Coconut Butter Thins

Jayne of The Barefoot Kitchen Witch chose Coconut Butter Thins for our Tuesdays With Dorie group this week. Check out Jayne's blog for the recipe and her great photos (especially of mudpies and pink caviar!).

I was very hesitant to make these cookies since coconut cookies sounded about as fun as a sharp stick in my eye. Coconut cookies? Yikes. Give me a good ole Almond Joy however and I am in heaven! Cathy and Amanda talked me into trying them.

I still remember tasting my first macadamia nut. It was in Hawaii and I was in my 20's. Everything seemed better in our 20's didn't it? But even then I thought, I'm not going to waste my life worrying about the foods I eat, high cholestrol, etc. I mean why forego any pleasure just to spend an extra three years in the geriatric ward? And people who eat all natural stuff? Craaazy I say. Personally I stay away from natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get!

The entire time I was zesting my lime I kept thinking of that Nilson song:

Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime

His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime

She put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together

She put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up

She put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together

Put the lime in the coconut,

call the doctor, woke him up, sayDoctor!

Ain't there nothin' I can take, I sayDoctor!

To relieve this bellyache, I sayDoctor!

Ain't there nothin' I can take, I sayDoctor!

To relieve my bellyache

I put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together

Put the lime in the coconut, I drink 'em both down

I put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together

Put the lime in the coconut, call de Doctor, woke him up, say

When I was measuring the cookies with an actual ruler I felt as though I was making saltines for some reason. Don't even try to tell me you don't see the similarity here. They are sisters for sure in appearance. But not in taste. Now, I pride myself on thinking I can measure things with my eyes. I can tell if a picture on a wall is a half an inch off center. But I did as Dorie suggested and I measured these cookies. And they still weren't perfectly square!! Nor were they all the same size which I didn't get at all. Pricking them with a fork was a twist for sure too.

I made these while trying to watch Dancing with the Stars and Heroes. Yes, I am a television addict. Is there an AA program for that? If so, I probably need to join up. I mean I find it hard to be away from a television for any length of time, I use Tivo like a drug, and I sometimes plan my life around certain shows. Wow, in print that sure sounds like an addict doesn't it? You can tell me I need to get a life, but you have to give me an A+ for multi-tasking! But when summer comes, I am glad the tv shows are on summer break as well, because I have to be outside as much as possible!

Rating: These were some of the best cookies I have ever tasted. I couldn't stop eating them. I could have eaten the entire tray of them! Thanks Jayne for a great selection this week!

Since I had "McDreamy" last week, I felt it only right to have "McSteamy" come by for a visit this week. I didn't like McSteamy at first. After all, he was a "cheater." But I have come to appreciate his good looks and cute charm these days. So much so that he has become my very favorite character on Grey's Anatomy! Enjoy girls.

Check back Thursday for Buffalo Chicken Salad.