Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Stir in vanilla, then add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Sift together flour, salt, and soda. (I just stir together.) Add to creamed mixture. Stir in rolled oats and cocoanut. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 5 cm apart onto well-greased baking sheets. Bake at 180ºC or 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on rack. **OR**omit cocoanut, divide dough into thirds. Add one third cup cocoanut to a third, add one third cup raisins to a third, and add one third cup chopped nuts to the final third. **OR** you can just omit cocoanut and add nothing. This recipe makes 14 to 16 dozen depending on how big a spoonful you drop. They freeze MAGNIFICENTLY, actually taste better, brings out the butter flavor or something. ----