Coconut and Oatmeal Drop Cookies

  • Yield: 48 servings
  • Total: 15 min
  • Cook: 15 min
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Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

2 cups all-purpose flour

2-1/2 cups shredded coconut

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 large cookie sheets. Cream butter and sugars in mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beat together. Add vanilla, baking powder and baking soda. Then add the flour. Mix until well combined. Stir in coconut and nuts. Mix in oatmeal. 
  2. Drop on greased cookie sheets by the tsp., spacing about 1/2 inch apart. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, just until the edges begin to brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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Rita Rutherford

This recipe is very similar to one my mother made 50 years ago. Has the same ingredients although they vary in amounts that she put in. She also added maraschino cherries. Hers where delicious.

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