Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

2 c sifted all-purpose flour
1 c granulated sugar
1 ts baking powder
1 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
1 c packed brown sugar
1 c shortening
2 eggs
1/2 ts vanilla
1 1/2 c quick-cooking oats
1 c walnuts
1 c flaked coconut

Instructions

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 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 12 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. ----