Mom's Coconut Cookies Recipe

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Mom worked hard to keep us fed during the Depression, and there was never a day we went hungry. These cookies could always be found in the cookie jar.

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Mom's Coconut Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 10 min. + chilling Bake: 5 min./batch
  • Yield: 27 Servings
10 5 15

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup flaked coconut

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in coconut.
  • Shape into two 3-1/2-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Unwrap and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 425° for 5-7 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 120 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 17 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Mom's Coconut Cookies in Best of Country Cookies , p92

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Reviewed on Jul. 06, 2010 by Michell408

Tasty, not too strong of a coconut flavor. Nice variety for a cookie tray.

 
 
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