Big Island Style Stone Cookies Recipes

BIG ISLAND COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat, set aside and allow to cool to room temperature.
• In the mean time, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and coffee in a medium mixing bowl, whisk to distribute evenly, set aside.
• In a small mixing bowl, add macadamia nut, chocolate chip, coconut flake and rolled oat, mix evenly and set aside.
• In a stand mixer bowl fitted with the paddle attachment, combined cooled butter with sugar, stir together and gradually increase speed to medium, beat for 1 - 2 minutes until light in color. Add egg, and vanilla extract, beat for another minute until combined and fluffy.
• Slowly add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture and stir until incorporated. Stop the mixer to scrape down the side of the bowl. Add the nut and chocolate chip mixture, stir until evenly distributed.
• Divide the dough using a large ice cream scoop and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place pre-portioned cookie dough on a parchment paper line baking sheet, 2" apart. Bake for 14-15 minutes. Half way through baking, open the oven door and bang the baking sheet against the oven rack a few times, rotate the baking sheet and bang against the oven rack a few more times. Place the baking sheet back into the oven and continue baking until finished.
• Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

BIG ISLAND-STYLE STONE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or grease lightly.
• Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and cream; mix well. Add baking soda and vanilla; mix well. Add flour; mix well.
• Dough may be crumbly. Form by hand into 2-inch balls, place on cookie sheet and flatten.
• Bake until very firm and brown, about 35 minutes. Check cookies frequently in the last few minutes to be sure they don't burn. As long as they feel at all soft in the middle, they need more baking time. Cool and store in airtight container.
• The writer of the food article had this note: They're done when they no longer give at all when pressed in the center. If they're the least bit soft, leave them in the oven. I actually took mine out a little too early - I was afraid they were getting too brown - and although they were hard, they weren't rock hard. I consider this a plus, but if you really want that tooth-breaking goodness, push the envelope and bake 'em 'til they're solid.

GRAN'S CRUNCHY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, egg, water and vanilla together til creamy.
• Sift together flour, salt and soda.
• Add to creamed mixture and blend well.
• Stir in oats, walnuts and chocolate chips.
• Put in fridge and chill overnight.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet (don't use a silpat, just a greased sheet -- they didn't have silpats way back when!).
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool and store in plastic bag in freezer.
• Eat straight from freezer-delish.

MACKINAC ISLAND STYLE FUDGE

Steps:

• Combine the milk, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt in a good sized heavy pan.
• Cook at medium heat until boiling; then boil for exactly 6 minutes, stirring.
• constantly.
• Remove from heat and add the vanilla extract and confectioners' sugar.
• Beat with a mixer until smooth and thick, and then add nuts (if desired).
• Pour into a buttered pan (perhaps 9" square) and freeze for 20 minutes.
• Once the fudge is firmed up, cut it into pieces of whatever size you choose.
• Peanut Butter Fudge:.
• Reduce the butter to 1/4 cup and add 1/2 cup of peanut butter.
• Chocolate Fudge.
• Mix 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder with the confectioners sugar before stirring into fudge.

ISLAND MANGO TILAPIA

Steps:

• Combine chile pepper, garlic and shallots in a food processor, and process until minced.
• Add the mango, vinegar, orange juice, thyme, salt and olive oil; process until smooth.
• Place the mango mixture and the fish in a zip-top plastic bag; seal and marinate in refrigerator 20 minutes.
• Remove fish from bag, reserving marinade.
• Pour reserved marinade into a small saucepan, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Prepare the grill or broiler.
• Place fish on grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray.
• Cook 4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• Serve with mango sauce.