CHEWY COCONUT COOKIES

By cecelia26_

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon soda
• 2 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 30 red or green candied cherries, halved

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Reduce speed to low: add flour, baking powder and soda. Beat until well mixed. Stir in coconut. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press 1 cherry half onto center of each cookie. Bake for 9 to 13 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Remove to wire rack and cool completely. Approximately 5 dozen cookies.