Chewy Coconut Cookies

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup land o lakes butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon imitation coconut extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 30 candied red cherries, halved (or grren)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f
• 2 combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in large bowl. beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. add eggs, vanilla and coconut flavor; continue beating until well mixed. reduce speed to low; add flour, baking powder and baking soda. beat until well mixed. stir in coconut by hand.
• 3 drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. press 1 cherry half onto center of each cookie. bake for 9 to 13 minutes or until edges begin to brown. remove from cookie sheets.