1 cup room temperature butter
1 cup sugar
2 T. milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup chopped candied red and green cherries
1/2 cup walnuts
3/4 cup coconut
1. Cream butter and sugar with an electirc mixer until fluffy. Blend in milk and vanilla.
2. Add flour and mix on low speed until blended. Don’t overmix.
3. With a rubber scrapper blend in cherries and walnuts.
4. Form dough into( 2) 2″ diameter x 8″long logs. Roll in coconut
5. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill several hours or overnight.
6. Preheat oven to 375. – Slice cookies 1/4th in thick and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 12 minutes or until edges are golden.
These colorful cookies are a nice addition to any Christmas cookie tray. This recipe was given to me by Sue Jones (Butler). This was her mom’s recipe. Mrs. Jones was a Home Economics teacher at Indiana High School. Sue was my room mate at Mansfield University and my first maid of honer. I still consider her my best friend even though we are miles apart. Every time I make these cookies I think of all the times we spent chatting over a cup of tea and a few of these cookies.
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