Oatmeal Coconut Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups regular oats (uncooked)
• 2 cups crisp rice cereal
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Preparation:

Oatmeal Coconut Cookies

Preheat oven to 350F.Beat the butter, sugar and brown sugar at medium speed in an electric blender until blended. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add to the creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats, cereal and coconut. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork or the bottom of a glass. Bake for 12 minutes or until done.

Transfer to wire racks to cool.
Cookies are such a great thing. Feeling like something sweet but don’t want to spend hours on an elaborate dessert? Need something portable that can be packaged up for lunches? Needless to say, we really like cookies at our house. Well, one of those cookie cravings hit one night, but I didn’t want to have to go to the store for any ingredients. I debated over a few different cookies, but decided to make these crispy coconut-oatmeal cookies because they sounded a little different and I had everything on hand.

These are a different cookie. Although I usually prefer soft and chewy cookies, these are more on the crisp side. The “crispy” comes from the fact that they have crisp rice cereal - aka Rice Krispies in them. As if you didn’t already know, I love coconut, so these sounded like a real winner. And they were!! I can’t say that they were the best cookie I have ever made, but we had eaten them all in no time flat.

Makes approx. 7 dozen

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