Cherry Coconut Drops Recipes

OLD FASHIONED COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Combine flour and margarine in a medium size mixing bowl. Mix in sugar, cinnamon and baking powder. Stir the egg into the mixture. Once the egg is well incorporated stir in the coconut, raisins and vanilla. Drop the dough in rough heaps the size of an egg onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned.

CHERRY COCONUT TREATS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients; stir in melted butter. Press onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., In another bowl, mix filling ingredients; pour over crust. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour. Refrigerate, covered, 4 hours before cutting. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

CHERRY-COCONUT SLICES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix cracker crumbs, marshmallows, coconut and cherries; stir in condensed milk and flavoring. Press into a greased 8-in. square baking pan., For frosting, in a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 3 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl; cool until lukewarm, about 15 minutes. Stir in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over crumb mixture; refrigerate until set, about 1-1/2 hours., Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

CHERRY COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Grease and flour a cookie sheet, set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine coconut and cornstarch. Stir in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla until mixture is combined. Stir in the chopped candied cherries.
• Drop dough by slightly rounded teaspoons 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet for a minute or two and transfer cookies to a cooling rack to cool.
• *Prep time is an approximation*.

EASY COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In the food processor, place the coconut and pulse for 1-second intervals about a dozen times.
• The object it to make the coconut smaller but not to grind it too fine.
• In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder and salt.
• Combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed for about 30 seconds, then beat in the vanilla, then the egg.
• Beat until smooth again.
• Lower the speed and beat in the flour mixture, then the coconut.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of the batter on parchment or foil lined cookie sheets about 2-3 inches apart.
• Bake about 12-15 minutes, until the cookies have spread and are golden around the edges.
• Slide papers from the pans onto cooling racks.
• After the cookies have cooled, remove from the paper.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE CHERRY DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Blend in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, mix in the chopped cherries and walnuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.