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Coconut Cherry Cookies
Prep Time
10
minutes
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Cook Time
10
minutes
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Total Time
20
minutes
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Course:
Cookies
Keyword:
12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies, cookie, cooking, Dessert, food, recipe
Author:
Barbara Schieving
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Ingredients
½
cup
butter
½
cup
shortening
1
cup
sugar
3
eggs
½
cup
sour cream
1 ½
teaspoon
lemon extract
1
teaspoon
grated orange rind
3 ¼
cups
all purpose flour
1
teaspoon
baking powder
½
teaspoon
baking soda
1
teaspoon
salt
½
cup
chopped dried cherries
¼
cup
chopped orange slice jell candy
1
cup
shredded coconut
Instructions
Heat oven to 400º. Mix butter, shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. Stir in sour cream, lemon extract and orange rind.
Mix dry ingredients together; mix into butter mixture. Add cherries, orange slices and coconut.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Tip: I used a little bit of flour on the cutting board to make dicing the orange slices easier.
Notes
adapted from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book