Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

250 gr sifted all-purpose flour
200 gr granulated sugar
5 gr baking powder
5 gr baking soda
1 gr salt
220 gr packed brown sugar
190 gr shortening
2 eggs
2 gr vanilla
230 gr quick-cooking oats
120 gr walnuts
80 gr flaked coconut

Instructions

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 0.0625 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 dozen to 14 minutes. Let cookies remain on cookie sheet 1 to 2 minutes before removing to wire rack. Tester's note: Crisp, old-fashioned cookies with a crackled sugar top. Amy Paschedag, Retired teacher, Edwardsville. ----