Easy Coconut Drops - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (7 ounce) bag sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In the food processor, place the coconut and pulse for 1-second intervals about a dozen times.
The object it to make the coconut smaller but not to grind it too fine.
In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder and salt.
Combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed for about 30 seconds, then beat in the vanilla, then the egg.
Beat until smooth again.
Lower the speed and beat in the flour mixture, then the coconut.
Drop teaspoonfuls of the batter on parchment or foil lined cookie sheets about 2-3 inches apart.
Bake about 12-15 minutes, until the cookies have spread and are golden around the edges.
Slide papers from the pans onto cooling racks.
After the cookies have cooled, remove from the paper.
Enjoy!