Melt in Your Mouth Cookies
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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24 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1⁄2 cup butter (no substitutions)
- 1⁄2 cup shortening (Crisco is good)
- 1 large egg, well beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1⁄2 cup nuts, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
directions
- Set oven to 325°F.
- In a medium bowl; sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar.
- In another bowl, cream the butter, shortening, vanilla, and brown sugar; add beaten egg.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; mix well.
- Add the coconut, nuts and chocolate chips (if using); stir well.
- Drop the cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet; press flat with a fork dipped in cream.
- Bake 15-20 minutes.
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Reviews
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As with all of your recipes, these were excellent! I added a little cinnamon and nutmeg to the batter as well as a splash of almond flavoring. My DH doesn't like coconut and nuts, so I left those out and put in about 3/4 cup of chocolate chips instead. I mixed the cream with a bit of sugar and splash of vanilla and dipped my fingers in that to flatten the cookies. I cooked them for 7 minutes on the bottom rack and 7 and a half to 8 minutes on the top and they were perfect. Light and airy. Fabulous!
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These were 5* by both hubby and I. I used a tsp of Contreau instead of vanilla in step 3.You forgot to add it in the directions. (I've had a bottle of that stuff for 10 years and trying to find a way to use it up).I thought I would get a more orange flavor but it didn't make any difference, I could just as well have put in vanilla. I flattened to about 1/2 in. and made sure I had exactly 24 cookies and baked for 17 min. The came out just right, about 2 1/2 inches in size.
Tweaks
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As with all of your recipes, these were excellent! I added a little cinnamon and nutmeg to the batter as well as a splash of almond flavoring. My DH doesn't like coconut and nuts, so I left those out and put in about 3/4 cup of chocolate chips instead. I mixed the cream with a bit of sugar and splash of vanilla and dipped my fingers in that to flatten the cookies. I cooked them for 7 minutes on the bottom rack and 7 and a half to 8 minutes on the top and they were perfect. Light and airy. Fabulous!