Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and Jello mix and set aside.

In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer beat butter and sugar until creamy & fluffy

Add egg and vanilla to butter and sugar mixture and beat until well combined

Next, mix in the coconut and ensure it is well combined. You can also add in some yellow food coloring at this point if you’d like a more pronounced yellow color

Begin gradually adding the flour mixture into the butter mixture in batches allowing to combine

Chill the dough dough covered in the refrigerator for at least a half hour or until cool and firm

On a floured surface roll out the dough with floured rolling pin aiming for about ¼ inch thickness, don’t roll too thin

The dough may be sticky so adding extra flour might be necessary

Using your desired cookie cutter (we chose a flower/daisy shape) cut the dough and place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Make sure to leave sufficient space as the cookies do expand in the oven.

Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 5-8 minutes, or until the edges are barely brown, cookies will still feel soft to the touch.

Remove cookies from the oven

While still warm and on the baking sheet press M&Ms into center of cookies (if desired)

Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet as they are quite fragile until they cool and firm up, then transfer to wire cooling rack or plate to serve

For bite-sized cookie cups use a 24 well mini-muffin pan

Grease pan with cooking spray if recipe calls for it (this recipe does not)

Using a cookie scoop (looks like a small ice cream scoop) portion our even cookie balls into each of the wells

Using a tablespoon, the end of a wooden spoon or a shot glass dusted with flour press down on the center of each cookie ball so that it forms a small cup in the well

Cook the cookies as instructed

When the cookies come out of the oven and importantly, before they cool, repeat the same pressing/molding process for each of the cookies to ensure they take the ‘cookie cup’ shape. The cookie cups will expand and puff up when they cook so this step is important.

Allow cookies to cool in the muffin tin and then remove

Fill with desired filling and toppings!

Combine all ingredients and mix together

Add food coloring if desired

Add additional sugar if too thin

Ice cookies!