••••AUNT MYRTLE'S COCONUT OAT COOKIES🍚🌴🍪🍮🍳🍨🥜🥚!!••••

(Source: tasteofhome.con photos & Catherine Cassidy, Taste of Hone, Editor-in-chief)

••••AUNT MYRTLE'S COCONUT OAT 

••••COOKIES!!  AMAZING!!!

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

MAKES:64 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
• 1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats 
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in coconut, oats and walnuts.
2. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.Yield: about 5 dozen.  

Editor's Note: To toast nuts, bake in a shallow pan in a 350° oven for 5-10 minutes or cook in a skillet over low heat until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.

Originally published as Aunt Myrtle's Coconut Oat Cookies in Taste of Home April/May 2015, p7 

Nutritional Facts

1 cookie: 86 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 95mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.