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Cherry Coconut Cookies Recipe

Name: Cherry Coconut Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 18 cookies
Ingredients: 3/4 C. sugar; 2/3 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening; 1 large egg; 1 Tbsp. lemon zest; 3/4 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Almond Extract; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 3/4 C. all-purpose flour; 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda; 3/4 C. flaked coconut; 1/2 C. sliced almonds; 1/3 C. quartered maraschino cherries

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 27 Minutes

Yield: 18 cookies

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³/₄ C. sugar
²/₃ C. Crisco^® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
1 large egg
1 Tbsp. lemon zest
³/₄ tsp. Spice Islands^® Pure Almond Extract
¹/₂ tsp. salt
1 ³/₄ C. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. Clabber Girl^® Baking Powder
¹/₂ tsp. Clabber Girl^® Baking Soda
³/₄ C. flaked coconut
¹/₂ C. sliced almonds
¹/₃ C. quartered maraschino cherries

Directions

HEAT oven to 350ºF.
COMBINE sugar, shortening, egg, lemon zest, almond extract and salt; beat at medium speed until well blended.
COMBINE flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually add to shortening mixture at low speed. Mix until blended.
STIR in coconut, almonds and cherries by hand. Shape dough into 2 Tbsp. balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
BAKE 11 to 12 minutes. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.