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Title: Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 66 servings
2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
1 c Granulated sugar; plus more
-to top
Cookies
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Packed brown sugar
1 c Shortening
2 Eggs
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c Quick-cooking oats
1 c Chopped walnuts
1 c Flaked coconut
Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Sift together flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and
salt in a large bowl. Set aside. Combine brown sugar, shortening, eggs and
vanilla; beat well with an electric mixer. Stir into flour mixture. Stir in
oats, walnuts and coconut. Dough will be slightly dry.
Roll dough into small balls; dip tops in granulated sugar. Place on
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Let cookies remain on
cookie sheet 1 to 2 minutes before removing to wire rack.
Yield: About 5 1/2 dozen cookies.
Tester's note: Crisp, old-fashioned cookies with a crackled sugar top.
Amy Paschedag, Retired teacher, Edwardsville.
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