1 cup oleo margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup oatmeal – quick cook or regular
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
Mix all ingredients together.
Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet. I use the small cookie scoop for the right size cookie. The cookies spread out while baking.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 to 12 minutes until the edges are golden brown.
Original recipe in Penny’s handwriting. God Jul – recipe from Penny at Oneonta Dress around 1977 or 1978. She was one of the inspectors on the line at the Dress Factory where I worked when I first got out of college.

Coconut Cookies – God Jul
Coconut Cookies from Penny at Oneonta Dress
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or oleo
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 1/2 cups sweetened coconut
Instructions
- Beat the butter, sugar and egg together
- Add the flour, baking powder, oatmeal and coconut and mix well
- Drop by teaspoon onto baking sheet or use a cookie scoop for uniformity
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-2 minutes or until the edges turn a golden brown color.

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