Coconut Washboard Cookies

Posted by ljmacphee on March 30, 2007 under Dessert, Grandmother's Recipes |

Grandma’s Collected Recipes, coconut washboard cookies

mix:
1 cup shortening (or butter)
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs

stir in:
1/4 cup water
1 tsp vanilla
sift together:
4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Mix in:
1 cup shredded coconut

Chill dough for 2 hours
Roll into balls the size of walnuts and place on cookie sheet
Flatten balls with a fork
Bake at 400 8 to 10 minutes

This recipe was clipped from a ‘Gold Medal Flour’ Advertisement and saved by my grandmother.