Country Style Coconut Biscuits (cookies)

1 cup butter

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup sugar

1 cup icing sugar

2 eggs, beaten well

4 ½ cup plain white flour

1 cup coconut

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Preheat your oven to 190^oC. Lightly grease your baking trays and set aside.  Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl until they are all well combined. Drop teaspoonful’s onto your prepared baking trays leaving a little space between the biscuits just in case they spread out a little. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes. Cool on baking racks before storing in an airtight container when perfectly cold.

Makes approximately 5 ½ dozen biscuits.