swedish dream cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon bakers' ammonia
• 1 tablespoon boiling water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f ( 175 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, cream together shortening and butter. gradually add sugar and almond extract. mix on high speed for 10 minutes.
• in a small bowl, dissolve the baker's ammonia with the boiling water, adding the water a little at a time. add this to the butter mixture.
• stir in the flour and coconut . mix well.
• drop cookies from a teaspoon a well greased cookie sheet. bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes. cookies should be set but not brown. let cookies cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing.