Cocoanut Orange Drop Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup shortening
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1½ cups flour
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shredded cocoanut
• ½ cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream shortening and sugar until light.

2. 2

   Add egg and vanilla.

3. 3

   Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, then add alternately with milk.

4. 4

   Mix in cocoanut and orange rind.

5. 5

   Drop onto greased baking sheet and bake at 375°F for about 18 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Girl's home manual of cookery, home management, home nursing and laundry (1913) by Annie Bessie Juniper, British Columbia. Ministry of Education, page 120. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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