![]() ![]() Don't use a knife as the coconut will go everywhere and don't put it in a food processor or you'll end up with desiccated coconut. The best solution was to toast it in the oven until browned and crisp and then crumble it up with your hands-it will crumble easily once toasted. Maybe American coconut is different but Australian coconut is either super fine (desiccated) or comes in flakes or large shreds. I spent a lot of time just on trying to get the right coconut texture. Use shredded coconut rather than desiccated coconut. ![]() Other caramels may also work (like Jersey caramels) but I haven't tried these. You can make your own soft caramels ( see my soft caramel recipe here, just omit bacon) but I used Werther's chewy caramels. The caramel filling is relatively easy and can be done quite quickly. Time poor and want to skip a step? Use store bought shortbread fingers (thinner ones are ideal). Traditionally, Samoas have more shortbread and less caramel coconut, while I switch around the ratios and use more coconut caramel and less shortbread (or in my case shortcrust). I use some home made shortcrust pastry and they had good structural integrity and were deliciously crisp too. This will make it thin which is what you want, because the best Samoas are ones with a bit more of the coconut caramel topping on them. This is a bit of a departure, but I used a sheet of shortcrust pastry or pâte brisée to make the cookie base. Or you can leave it as a circle rather than a donut. I used a bubble or boba tea straw to punch out the centre. Samoas are small at 5cms or 2 inches in diameter but you can make these larger if you don't have a cutter that small. There are three parts to a home made Samoa cookie: Tips for making copycat Samoas Girl Scout Cookies: The latter make Samoas while the former make Caramel Delites. That is because the Girl Scouts have two bakeries: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. Samoas are sometimes called Caramel DeLites although the two cookies have some slight differences. The original Samoas also don't contain vanilla but I added it because it makes them smell wonderful. They also don't use chocolate, they use a chocolatey coating that quite honestly doesn't have that much flavour. Home made Samoas are SO much better! I feel terrible saying that because I love that GSC help fundraise and help the girls become financially literate but really there's no comparison for a home baked cookie.įirstly Samoas don't use butter, they use vegetable oil including palm oil. The Do Si Dos peanut butter cookies are similar to the real Girl Scout Cookies but while I love the concept of these caramel coconut cookies dipped in chocolate, the actual Girl Scout Samoas Cookies aren't as good as this home made version. If you're going to make one Girl Scout Cookie, make it these Samoas. These wonderful chewy caramel cookies or Samoas are one of my favourite ever cookies and this is a pushy recipe Dear Reader! Dare I say these home made copycat Samoas are actually better than the bought version because they use real vanilla, butter and real dark chocolate. Added as part of the GSC lineup in 1975, Samoas cookies are small donut shaped cookies with a cookie base, a chewy coconut and caramel topping and a dark chocolate dip and drizzle. Samoas are one of the most popular Girl Scout Cookies (second in sales only to Thin Mints). ![]()
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