Golden Coconut Drops Recipes

COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg, bitters and vanilla; beat well.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon. Add coconut and raisins.
• Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well. Add a little bit of water if necessary to moisten the batter. (However, the batter should be firm enough to hold their shape while baking).

OLD FASHIONED COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Combine flour and margarine in a medium size mixing bowl. Mix in sugar, cinnamon and baking powder. Stir the egg into the mixture. Once the egg is well incorporated stir in the coconut, raisins and vanilla. Drop the dough in rough heaps the size of an egg onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned.

GOLDEN COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Grease cookie sheet.
• Cream the butter and gradually add the sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and mix well.
• Stir in the coconut, flour, vanilla, and orange rind.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on the cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until golden.
• Cool slightly before removing cookies from sheet.

COCONUT CHERRY DROPS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. With mixer, cream together butter, sugar, almond extract,and egg .
• 3. Add, mixing on low, flour, baking powder, salt, until just combined.
• 4. With a spoon or spatula, fold in coconut nuts and cherries.
• 5. Drop by teaspoon-ful onto cookie sheets. These will not spread out and flatten. Bake 10 - 15 minutes. Until bottom barely starts to brown.

JEWELED COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk, orange juice and almond extract. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Refrigerate until easy to handle, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape rounded tablespoons of dough into balls; roll in remaining coconut. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in the center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Bake until edges are light brown, 8-10 minutes. Cool 1 minute. Using the wooden spoon, enlarge any indentations that may have narrowed or closed. Remove cookies from pans to wire racks. Fill with preserves; cool completely.

EASY COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In the food processor, place the coconut and pulse for 1-second intervals about a dozen times.
• The object it to make the coconut smaller but not to grind it too fine.
• In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder and salt.
• Combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed for about 30 seconds, then beat in the vanilla, then the egg.
• Beat until smooth again.
• Lower the speed and beat in the flour mixture, then the coconut.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of the batter on parchment or foil lined cookie sheets about 2-3 inches apart.
• Bake about 12-15 minutes, until the cookies have spread and are golden around the edges.
• Slide papers from the pans onto cooling racks.
• After the cookies have cooled, remove from the paper.
• Enjoy!

JEWELED COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolk, orange juice and almond extract.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in 3 cups of coconut.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
• Shape dough into 2-in. balls; roll in remaining coconut.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center of each ball.
• Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Remove to wire racks to cool.
• Fill each cookie with preserves.