Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. soda
• 3 Tbsp. orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups regular oats, uncooked
• 3 cups flaked coconut

Directions

1. Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs and orange rind; beat well.

2. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in oats and coconut. Chill dough 1 hour.

3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

4. makes 8 dozen

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