How to Make Orange Coconut Cookies

Here is a Orange Coconut Cookies Recipe:

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You need:

• 2-1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour,
• 1 tsp salt, 1 cup butter,
• 2/3 cup sugar,
• 2 tbsp grated orange rind,
• 1 tbsp grated lemon rind,
• 2 eggs well beaten,
• 1 cup shredded coconut.

Procedure:

1. Sift flour and salt; beat butter until it is creamy; add sugar beating all the time; add orange rind and lemon rind, beaten eggs, mix well;
2. add 1/2 the flour, mix; stir in the coconut, add rest of flour, mix; drop on ungreased sheet and bake 375ºF 10 minutes.
3. Spread with confectioners’ sugar icing tinted yellow or red on each, then decorate with grated orange and lemon peel and cherries. Makes 4 dozen.

Enjoy your Orange Coconut Cookies.