coconut cookies

Recipe 16

Coconut Cookies

1/2 c. shortening

2 c. brown sugar

2 or 3 eggs, beaten

1 c. coconut

nuts, chopped

2 cups, sifted flour

1 t. baking powder

1 t. vanilla

Drop from spoon unto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until brown.

I love coconut, a lot of people I know do not. I have no idea why...it's sweet and crunchy and so good in cookies. I would probably use chopped almonds in this recipe, the almonds and the coconut would taste really good together.

My grandma has a few cards in her recipes boxes that are covered in saran wrap, this is one of them. I imagine that these were special to her, she wanted them to "live" on. On the back of this card she had written Mother Galena Amanda Hanson Wigdahl.  I don't know if I have talked much about my Grandma's passion for history yet. She loved to share her stories...over and over and over again. She told us the same stories a lot. But I realize, she doesn't want us to forget her and her "history", if she doesn't tell it, who will?

love, krissy girl