Gum Drop Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda dissolved in 1 tsp. water
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking pwd.
1 tsp. salt
2 c. quick oats
1 c. coconut
1-1/2 c. small gumdrops

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0. Mix together the dry ingredients starting with the flour, set aside.
Mix together shortening, sugars, eggs, vanilla and soda.
Blend the two mixtures together and drop by tsp. on lightly greased cookie sheet.
I like to bake a couple just to see if the mixture is o.k.
Bake for 12 min. and let cool for 2 min. before removing from the pan.
If they flatten out too much add a little flour to the mixture.