Recipe - Fancy Tea Cookies

One half cup Butter
One half cup Shortening
3 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cup Flour
1 cup Coconut

Combine butter, shortening and sugar, creaming until light and fluffy; add
vanilla. Work in flour and coconut gradually until well blended. Form 2
rolls; chill in refrigerator overnight. Heat oven to 275 F. Slice dough
1/4inch thick. Slices may be cut in fancy shapes. Bake for 35 to 45
minutes.

Made by: Mrs. Lyle Prater, Eugene, Ore., Lane Co. Fair

Source: Blue Ribbon Recipes/County Fair Winners
: Page 322

From the collection of K. Deck