Easy Homemade Samoas are a buttery shortbread cookie topped with toasted caramel and coconut creation with a chocolate drizzle. This classic girl scout cookie is a lot easier than you might think and it uses basic pantry ingredients.
Unsalted butter Sugar All purpose flour Baking powder Salt Milk Vanilla extract Coconut Topping Shredded sweetened coconut Store bought caramel Milk Dark chocolate
In the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed butter, mixing between each addition and being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Add the milk and vanilla and blend together to combine. Once combined, remove dough from mixer and separate dough in half. Press each half into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about an hour.
Once the dough has chilled, roll out each disk on a lightly floured surface until it is about ⅛" thick. Cut out as many cookies as possible with a doughnut cutter or use two cookie cutters of different sizes to get the hole in the middle. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.