Germantown Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon orange rind
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to moderate speed (350 degrees).
• 2 cream sugar and butter or margarine.
• 3 add eggs, then vanilla.
• 4 sift dry ingredien ts (flour, soda, powder, salt and orange peel) together.
• 5 add to first mixture.
• 6 add oatmeal, coconut and nuts.
• 7 roll out to 2" thickness and cutout with a 2" biscuit cutter and place on cookie sheet or drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
• 8 bake for 12 minutes.
• 9 let cool on pan for 2-3 minutes .
• 10 move to cooling surface (paper towels or cooling racks) and let completely cool.
• 11 make appoximately 40 cookies.