Easy Sweet Coconut Cookies Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.

With an electric mixer cream together the sugar vegetable shortening egg and vanilla extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Sift 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of flour together with the baking powder and salt in a bowl and stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture; mix in the coconut until thoroughly combined. Drop the dough by teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake in the preheated oven until very lightly browned about 10 minutes; allow cookies to cool on sheets for about 1 minute before removing to finish cooling on baking racks.