astray recipes: Coconut drops

Categories: Cake/cookie
Yield: 60 servings

Measure	Ingredient
2 cups	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	Baking soda
½ teaspoon	Salt
1 cup	Oats -- not instant
3½ ounce	Dried coconut
¾ cup	Vegetable shortening
¾ cup	Sugar
½ cup	Packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon	Vanilla extract
1 large	Egg

1. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.

Add the oats and coconut; set aside. 2. Cream shortening with both sugars until light and fluffy. Can use an electric mixer set at medium speed. Beat in vanilla and egg until well mixed. Gradually add flour mixture to make a stiff dough. 3. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 1 inch apart, on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown. 4. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Yield: about 5 dozen.

Recipe By : Jo Anne Merrill

coconut drops