Cherry Coconut Cookies
Prep Time: 30 min
Cook Time: 45 Min
Serves 4 Servings
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- 3/4 C. sugar
- 2/3 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
- 3/4 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Almond Extract
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 3/4 C. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
- 3/4 C. flaked coconut
- 1/2 C. coarsely chopped pecans
- 1/3 C. quartered maraschino cherries
Directions
- HEAT oven to 350ºF.
- COMBINE sugar, shortening, egg, lemon peel, almond extract and salt; beat at medium speed until well blended.
- COMBINE flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually add to shortening mixture at low speed. Mix until blended.
- STIR in coconut, pecans and cherries by hand. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
- BAKE 11 to 12 minutes. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
