COCONUT OATMEAL COOKIES

Ingredients:
Quick cooking rolled oats - 2 cups
Desiccated coconut - 2/3 cup
Butter - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Eggs - 2
Milk - 3 tbsp
Vanilla  - 1 1/2 tsp
Sifted all purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• In oven, toast oats and coconut till golden brown.
• Thoroughly cream butter and sugar; add eggs, milk, vanilla, beating well.
• Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture, blending well. Stir in oats and coconut.
• Drop from teaspoon, 2" apart, on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with a tumbler dipped in sugar.
• If desired, sprinkle tops with untoasted coconut.
• Bake in a hot oven (400) 8 to 10 minutes or till lightly browned.
• Remove at once from pan: cool.