These delicious cookies are supposed to look like logs, but when you have help to make cookies you don’t criticize a little aberration in the shape of the “logs.”
Also, I think it’s encouraging to others when you hear that, even though the “log” shapes turned out a bit unorthodox, the taste of the cookies is “more-ish” (as my father-in-law used to say, when a food made you want more).
The incredibly easy recipe is below the photo.
The Admiral’s Yule Logs
2 Tbsp. butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans, or hazelnuts, or….)
shredded coconut
Mix butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, dates, and nuts in the usual way, and in the order listed. Have some shredded coconut in a shallow bowl or plate. Drop a teaspoonful of the dough into the coconut and roll it around to coat the lump of dough. Then, using the coconut to keep it from sticking to your fingers, roll the dough into the shape of a tiny log, about the size of your little finger. When the logs are shaped and coated in coconut, place them on a buttered cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until brown. (325 if oven is too hot.)
December 14, 2016 at 6:11 pm
Yum!
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December 14, 2016 at 6:27 pm
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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December 14, 2016 at 6:15 pm
Yum!! They look delicious!!
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December 14, 2016 at 6:28 pm
They really are. They’re chewy because of the dates, but crunchy from the nuts and coconut. Really tasty. I think they’re my favourite Christmas cookie.
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December 14, 2016 at 6:47 pm
You are tempting this here diabetic……. 🙂
Good Stuff.
Cheers !
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December 14, 2016 at 11:25 pm
Oh dear…. You’ll just have to share them with company. Give Bella a taste.
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December 14, 2016 at 11:26 pm
I just had a thought – you could probably cut back on the sugar and they’d still be good.
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December 14, 2016 at 6:48 pm
I remember these delicious morsels. They are right up there with Christmas cakes and trifle. Where are you finding the time these days now that the Captain has a broken leg? Save some:)
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December 14, 2016 at 11:27 pm
The Captain did the rolling of the logs. He worked sitting down.
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December 14, 2016 at 7:31 pm
I’m going to make these next week. They sound very delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
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December 14, 2016 at 11:24 pm
They’re so easy to do. Be sure to use lots of coconut to coat the dough or it’s sticky to handle.
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December 14, 2016 at 9:07 pm
Those look delish!
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December 14, 2016 at 11:22 pm
They really are!!!
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December 15, 2016 at 5:17 am
Yum! I love coconut, but I’d have to leave out the dates. Thanks for sharing!
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December 15, 2016 at 8:43 am
You could maybe get away with using chopped prunes, but you’d need at least something like that to get the chewy effect
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December 15, 2016 at 8:12 am
How could anything made with walnuts, sugar, and butter not taste wonderfully (even if they have dates in them, which is not one of my foods hahahaha).
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December 15, 2016 at 8:44 am
I’m not crazy about dates in a date square where they’re boiled into a gooey mush, but in these yule logs, they’re sweet and chewy and delicious. (But if date isn’t your favourite thing, you’d want to find a substitute).
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December 15, 2016 at 8:48 am
I can probably handle it in the midst of the other deliciousness ;).
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December 15, 2016 at 8:53 am
They are good “logs.”
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December 16, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Are you having a snow storm? A lot of the US is. But we are not in AZ. We had a little drizzle, but mainly nice weather.
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December 16, 2016 at 7:05 pm
No snowstorm now. We had some of that last week and are supposed to get some snow in a couple of days and then switch to rain (I can’t wait). I don’t like being cold. I know, I’m a wimp! Some areas around Vancouver and east and north of it have had more snow and lots of trouble on the roads. Not so bad here on Vancouver Island.
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December 18, 2016 at 12:12 pm
You are definitely not a wimp. A wimp is the gardener who whines when it gets “chilly” here. hahaha Although I do think it’s part of his auto-immune problems.
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December 15, 2016 at 8:41 am
The perfect cookies to bake (especially for a non-baker like I am). Thanks for the recipe.
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December 15, 2016 at 8:45 am
I like EASY!!
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December 15, 2016 at 9:42 am
I love EASY!
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December 15, 2016 at 11:33 am
They sound wonderful!
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December 15, 2016 at 2:57 pm
My favourites.
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December 17, 2016 at 4:10 am
I love baking Christmas cookies, but for some reason, I’ve never made these. I know I’ll want moreish when I do!!! Thanks for the recipe.
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December 17, 2016 at 8:13 am
I’m baking more today because somehow the first batch disappeared…. Hmm…I wonder what could have happened to them.
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December 17, 2016 at 8:51 am
Hmm, the magic of Christmas – disappearing cookies. I need to go get some of these ingredients, but it’s snowing like the dickens outside (hmmm, did that expression come from Charles Dickens???).
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December 17, 2016 at 9:41 am
My dictionary of phrase and fable says: A perverted oath, corrupted from “Nick.” Mrs. Page says – “I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.” (Shakespeare – The Merry Wives of Windsor).
Our dickensian snow is supposed to arrive later today, about the time the next batch of cookies is one.
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December 17, 2016 at 9:34 am
Yummy! My youngest daughter buys dates to add to make many things naturally sweetened with added bonus of the food value of dates. Thanks for this scrumptious sounding recipe, Anneli.
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season xo ❤ Hugs to you!
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