COCONUT CASHEW COOKIES BY FREDA

Coconut Cashew Cookies by freda image

Provided by FREDA GABLE @cookin4me

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 2/3 C - all purpose flour
1/2 tsp - baking powder
1/2 tsp - baking soda
1/2 tsp - or pinch of salt
1/2 C - real butter, not margarine @ room temp.
1 C - sugar
1 lg - egg
1 C - coconut
2/3 C - salted cashews or macadamia nuts

Steps:

Note: feel Free to Double this Recipe as I do. PREHEAT oven @ 375. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
in med. Bowl Whisk together 1st 4 ingredients ( dry) in a Larger bowl Cream the butter sugar til light and fluffy, Beat in the egg and vanilla til smooth.
Add flour mixture, & coconut, blend on low speed, till no flour streaks remain.
Stir in Cashews. Drop by 1 in balls onto baking sheet. flatten only slightly.
BAKE for 10-13 min. till cookies are a light golden brown around the edges. Let cool 3-5 min, before removing from baking sheet. transfer to you wire rack and cool completely. MAKES about 2 dozen depends on your size of balls.