I went looking through my recipe files the other day and picked out a few recipes that I wanted to try. Of course two of the recipes I picked had passion fruit in them…I don’t know what it is, but the fruit it somewhat alluring to me. The first recipe I tried was from Martha Stewart and it was her “Cookie of the Month” a while back. The recipe was for Coconut Cookies with Passion Fruit Curd. I thought it would be a instant hit with my taste buds! The cookies turned out very cute looking, but the wow factor for the taste was just not there for me. The cookies I think needed a little more flavor or sweetness and could’ve been a little crisper. The passion fruit curd was good, but also needed a little more sweetness to it in my opinion. I almost thought I would like to add a little cream cheese frosting to it to mellow out the flavor and sweeten it up, but sadly I had none. I do have some leftover curd though and might try it tomorrow…I’ll let you know how it turns out. So overall I wasn’t blown away, but the idea of the recipe does seem like a winner to me. I think I am going to tweak the recipe and try it again sometime. Well, for anyone for wants to give this recipe a try too here are some photos I took along the way. Let me know your thoughts!
Here is a photo of the cooked curd and the finished cookie dough. The dough needs to be chilled and then rolled thin and cut into small circles. You chill the dough once again and bake until slightly golden brown (next time I would back them longer).
I also wanted to take the time to thank a few fellow bloggers and readers for their kind words and generous acts. First off I want to say a big thank you to one my readers, Dawn. Dawn so thoughtfully asked me if I wanted to give a professional size whisk she had at home that she had not used a good home…of course I said I would be delighted! A few days later I found a package on my doorstep with a beautiful whisk and yummy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies…a double win! Thank you so much Dawn!
The next person I wanted to thank was Aran from Cannelle et Vanille for giving me my first blogger award! I was so excited to receive it and also to check out the other bloggers that she awarded it to. If you haven’t checked out her blog before you are definitely missing out…she is an absolute mastermind when it comes to desserts and creativity and inspires me everyday with her gorgeous and informative posts.
I would like to pass on the award to 10 more deserving bloggers…so here it goes!
Cake Journal – amazing cakes and cookies and really informative tutorials
Bakerella – if you don’t know about her yet, you’re missing out…she was just on the Martha Stewart Show…two words “Cupcake Pops”
Make Life Sweeter – new and fun desserts, with great presentation
Frosted Garden – fun, different, and exciting cakes
Pastry Studio – delightful recipes and photos fit for a pastry princess
Sugar Plum – great writing, off the chart recipes…just plain fun!
Joy the Baker – this baker blogs about almost seven recipes a week and guess what, they are all fantastic looking!
Cupcake Bakeshop – some of the most daring and delicious cupcake recipes out there…one of my favorites
Cake Wardrobe – a fashion designer that makes her desserts look as good as they taste
Artisan Sweets - great stories and photos and wonderful recipes for every kind of baker
Lastly I wanted to say thank you to Emily at Designer Mommy and Mimi at Enjoy for telling your readers about my blog. I definitely recommend checking out their blogs too…you’ll have tons of fun!
Tags: coconut cookies with passion fruit curd, martha stewart
I have made that same curd a handful of times! Sometimes I add sweetened whipped cream to it for instant mousse or add to a swiss meringue buttercream.
PS the photos are just gorgeous!
Thank you for your kind words Melody. You deserved it. Those cookies have my name all over them. I have some passion fruit puree in the freezer and I could use it for that! Love passion fruit curd. And I love that cake stand with the dome. is that from Sur la Table? I have seen some similar to yours there. Cute, cute, cute!
These cookies look absolutely wonderful! I just love your blog!
Passion fruit is my most favorite fruit in the world! I just made mini tartlets with a passion fruit curd last week and love the idea of having it as a flavor for a cookie.
How do you like the silicone whisk that you used in the picture? Does it work better/just as well as a regular one?
Thanks Gigi for the comment! I too think I will sweetened it with something!
Aran – yes I did get it as Sur La Table…they get me every time
Thanks Chelle…I love your blog too!
Cyndi – I have about 6 whisks and basically use them for anything…the only benefit of the silicone whisk that is doesn’t scrape your pan or make the clanging noise, but on the other hand it has less wires for whipping…so it’s good for stirring in a pan, but not whipping up something to give it air.
Just wanted to say that you have a great blog, and the cookies look fantastic!
You are very welcome! What a grin I had scrolling down your entry today and then WOW!, I know that whisk and those cookies! Enjoy them all!
These cookies certainly look cute enough! Darling pics!
Congrats on your E award… it looks like you have a delightful blog- I’ll be back!
I am in LOVE with your blog. I was stoked with the first few posts; then I started scrolling down and i kept getting more excited with every post. You are amazing! Your creations are seriously beautiful and I wish I lived near you so I could hire you!!! Where are you from? I couldn’t find any information and I am dying! I am making cupcakes for events in May & June and now I just don’t know what to do because you have given me so many ideas! Keep up the amazingly talented work. And I am seriously adding you to my blog roll right now. You are AWESOME!
wow! thanks so much. What an honor. I appreciate the kind gesture, especially coming from you, a fellow baker whom I respect so much and am continually amazed by your beautiful creations.
Yum, passionfruit, my favourite! The cookies look absolutely stunning. Shame I can’t find passionfruit pulp here, but I do have 2 beautiful passionfruit lying on my kitchen counter.
That is a shame Inne, but to have two real passionfruit around is a pretty lucky thing too! You don’t see so many where I live.
What a beautiful place this is! Your pastries are really gorgeous and I love the fun you’re having.
I’m incredibly honored to have your recognition. It’s so great to be in the company of such creative people who love these terrific ingredients. Thank you so much for the mention. XOXO.
Passion fruit curd sounds so yummy! You did a great job!!! Now I must look around
The look beautiful! I have only had passion fruit a handful of times – I should start exploring that flavor more!
These are absolutely adorable! Love them.
i love love love passion fruit curd. so nice and tart, and such a saturated, fresh color.
to cut the tartness of things like passion fruit curd i like to use the in cakes along with buttercream that has been flavored with just a teeny hint of the curd.
mmmm.
so if these cookies are too tart for you, i’ll gladly take ‘em off yer hands.
These cookies look fantastic. I’m something of a pasionfruit addict so I’ll definitely be trying this out.
I think it should be one for you two for me. Those tarts look amazing. I wish I had one right now to have with my coffee. Yummy!
Thanks so much! You are toooooo sweet! I really love visiting your blog every day and seeing what new thing or design you have come up with! I’m so glad we are “blog” friends!
-steph:)
Hey, I just made these same cookies and I noticed that the cookie batter was no where near as stiff as a roll-out dough should be. I basically added more flour and turned it into a drop cookie, but I was surprised. My batter definitely didn’t look like yours shown above. I was wondering if you followed the recipe exactly? It surprised me that it only called for 1/2 cup of flour… Any thoughts? I’m really glad I found someone else online who has made, and taken pictures of this recipe!
thanks – Casey