Raspberry Coconut Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter (i use imperial marg.)
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• raspberry jam

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, soda and salt, stir well to blend.
• 2 in another bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugars and eggs thoroughly.
• 3 add water and almond extract, mix well.
• 4 mix in flour mixture.
• 5 stir in coconut.
• 6 shape into balls, place 2" apart on a ungreased cookie sheet make an indentation in each cookie (i use the end of a wooden spoon which i run under water so it doesn't stick to dough) fill with raspberry jam.
• 7 bake@ 400 for 10 to 12 mins.
• 8 yield 50 to 54 cookies.