Recipe - Coconut-Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup Flour; plus 2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half cup Butter or margarine;
softened
1 cup Brown sugar; packed
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One half teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
1 cup Quickcooking oats
1 One fourth cup Coconut flakes
Colored sugar; optional

Stir together flour, baking powder and soda; set aside. Cream butter, brown
sugar, vanilla, salt and egg until fluffy. Stir in oats, coconut and flour
mixture until well blended. Chill dough several hours or until firm enough
to handle. Shape in 1inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on lightly greased
cookie sheets. Dip tines of fork in flour and press crisscross pattern on
balls, flattening to make 1One half inch round cookies. Sprinkle with colored
sugar; bake in preheated 375 degree oven until golden brown, about 10
minutes. Remove to rack to cool. Store airtight in cool dry place.

Recipe by: Magazine Clipping

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Marie Smith" craftee@m6.sprynet.com on Feb
14, 1998