coconut pressed sticks (1950)

Name: Coconut pressed Sticks (1950)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) butter; 1/2 cup(s) vegetable shortening; 2 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 - eggs , well beaten; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla flavoring; 1/4 cup(s) water; 4 cup(s) sifted enriched flour; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) moist coconut , finely shredded

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Karla Everett

Greenacres, WA

Updated on Nov 15, 2011

Here is another pressed cookie recipe that my Grandma Rose clipped from the news papers and magazines from 1934 - 1950's and this is one of them recipes dated Dec. 1950 Posted by a lady named : Mrs. Charles Owens, Catesby, Okla. 1950

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2 - eggs , well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1/4 cup water
4 cups sifted enriched flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup moist coconut , finely shredded

How To Make coconut pressed sticks (1950)

Step 1

Cream the butter , shortening and the sugar. Add eggs and the flavoring. Beat until light and fluffy. Add the water, blend thoroughly.

Step 2

Sift together the dry ingredients and gradually add to the shortening mixture , blend thoroughly. Add coconut, Blend lightly. Chill thoroughly.
Step 3

Fill cookie press. Use the star plate. Form long strips of dough on unoiled cookie sheet. Cut in 2-1/2" lengths.
Step 4

BAKE in a moderate oven 375° for 8-10 minutes. yields: 7 dozen sticks
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