Mrs. Twiggenbotham's Coconut Cookies *
Makes 4 dozen
1 cup sugar
grated rind of one orange**
1 cup butter, softened
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups shredded or grated coconut
1. In electric mixer or
food processor at medium speed,
beat
sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
2. Beat in eggs, extracts
and rind until well blended, occasionally scraping bowl .
3. In a separate bowl, mix
flour, baking powder and salt until well blended.
4. With mixer or processor
at low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients
to the
creamed mixture. Beat well, scraping down sides of bowl, until
a soft
dough forms.
5. Stir in coconut.
6. Refrigerate dough 1 hour.
7. Preheat oven to 375
degrees and spray cookie sheets with cooking oil spray.
8. Using about one
tablespoonful for each cookie, roll dough into balls and
place on
cookie sheets.
9. Dip the bottom of a
small glass in flour and press each mound of dough flat.
(You will have
to dip glass in flour for each cookie).
10. Bake at 375 degrees 7 to 9
minutes. Cool on wire rack.
**Grate only the colored part of
the peel, not the white part underneath
All of Mrs.Twiggenbotham recipes
should be done with adult supervision
*This recipe is from Mrs. Twiggenbotham Goes to Town,
which also
includes recipes for Lemon
Blueberry Tea Bread and Plum Conserve.
Recipes in Mrs.
Twiggenbotham Goes to a Party include Chicken Soup
and Chocolate Cherry Delight. (Yum!!)