Easy Sweet Coconut Cookies

8 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 10 min
Ready In: 30 min

“Sweet coconut cookies everyone will LOVE! It does not make many cookies so if you have a hankering for them, it's best to double the batch.” - by MissWriteForLife

Ingredients

3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
2 tablespoons sifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup flaked coconut

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Original recipe yields 20 cookies

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
With an electric mixer, cream together the sugar, vegetable shortening, egg, and vanilla extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Sift 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of flour together with the baking powder and salt in a bowl, and stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture; mix in the coconut until thoroughly combined. Drop the dough by teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until very lightly browned, about 10 minutes; allow cookies to cool on sheets for about 1 minute before removing to finish cooling on baking racks.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (20 total)

Calories
121 cal
6%

Fat
6.5 g
10%

Carbs
14.9 g
5%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Manuela

Aug. 29, 2011

"Was trying to find an easy recipe to make for a tailgate and came across this one. I doubled the recipe right off the bat. Cookies turned out very well and were very tasty - soft, but also chewy, esp..." See moreecially the next day. This is a keeper recipe for me."

ilkaisha

Aug. 30, 2011

"These cookies are good! I tend to use half butter and half shortening for my cookies, and I did so for this recipe as well. I also cut back the sugar by 1/8 cup, as I was using sweetened coconut. (use..." See more 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons). Very delicious!"

daswitzer

Aug. 29, 2011

"I did not have enough coconut, so I used half a cup of coconut and half a cup of chopped dates. The cookies are wonderful. We will eat them up in no time!! Very sweet, just like the name says...." See more"

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