Jam Drop Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening or 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups oatmeal
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• jam, of your choice

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f, and grease a cookie sheet, of cover it with wax paper.
• 2 cream the sugar, shortening/butter/margarine and vanilla.
• 3 in a separate bowl, sift the flour, salt and soda and add to the first mixture.
• 4 add the remaining ingredients (except the jam), beating well.
• 5 drop by teaspoonfuls on the cookie sheet, about an inch apart.
• 6 using a thimble, or your fingers, make an indent in the center of each cookie and drop a small amount of jam or jelly in it.
• 7 bake for ten to thirteen minutes and enjoy!