easy-sweet-coconut-cookies.json

{
    "directions": [
        "Preheat  oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.",
        "With an electric mixer, cream together the sugar, vegetable shortening, egg, and vanilla extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Sift 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of flour together with the baking powder and salt in a bowl, and stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture; mix in the coconut until thoroughly combined. Drop the dough by teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.",
        "Bake in the preheated oven until very lightly browned, about 10 minutes; allow cookies to cool on sheets for about 1 minute before removing to finish cooling on baking racks."
    ],
    "ingredients": [
        "3/4 cup white sugar",
        "1/2 cup vegetable shortening",
        "1 egg",
        "1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract",
        "1 cup sifted all purpose flour",
        "2 tablespoons sifted all purpose flour",
        "1 teaspoon baking powder",
        "1/4 teaspoon salt",
        "1 cup flaked coconut"
    ],
    "language": "en-US",
    "source": "allrecipes.com",
    "tags": [],
    "title": "Easy Sweet Coconut Cookies",
    "url": "http://allrecipes.com/recipe/218657/easy-sweet-coconut-cookies/"
}