Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
A soft and tasty cookie that blends the rich flavors of oats, brown sugar, and flaked coconut.
Yield: 48 cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 cups quick cook oats
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coconut flakes (I use unsweetened)
- 1 cup butter or margarine - softened
- 1¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the oats, flour, baking soda, salt, and coconut flakes in a medium size bowl and set aside.
- In a large size mixing bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture until well mixed together. Stir in the nuts if using.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let the cookies rest on the sheet for a minute or two. Then transfer the cookies to lay on a wire rack or piece of paper toweling to finish cooling.