Pineapple Coconut Cookies

• 2 c Sweetened Shredded Coconut
• 2 c Butter
• 1/2 c Brown Sugar 
• 1/2 c White Sugar
• 2 t Vanilla 
• 2 Eggs 
• 1/4 c Pineapple Juice Concentrate
• 2 t Baking Powder
• 1/2 t Salt 
• 4 c Flour
• 2 c Dried Pineapple Chunks

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spread coconut on a cookie sheet lined with parchment. Bake coconut for 8 minutes and let cool.
• Cream together the butter and sugar.  
• Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition.  
• Mix in vanilla and juice.
• Combine baking powder, salt and flour and mix in a cup at a time.    
• Stir in the pineapple.
• Place coconut in a shallow dish.  
• Portion dough out and roll into balls, the press into the coconut, making sure to coat both sides.  
• Lay onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 15 minutes, or until browned around the edges .  Let cool on the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.