Coconut Washboard Cookies is an old fashioned Christmas cookie recipe made with butter, sweetened coconut flakes, brown sugar, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg. Perfect for cookie exchanges!
INGREDIENTS
Butter | Light Brown Sugar
Baking Powder | Cinnamon
Nutmeg | Salt
Egg | Vanilla Extract
Pure Almond Extract
Unbleached Flour
Sweetened Coconut Flakes
Beat the butter until it is creamy. Beat in the brown sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and salt to the bowl. Next beat the pure vanilla extract, pure almond extract, and egg until well combined.
Beat in the flour and coconut flakes. Divide the dough in half and shape into a small rectangle. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap. Chill the dough in the refrigerator at least 2 hours or overnight.
Roll out one half of the dough into a little larger than a 10 x 8 rectangle. Cut the rectangle into quarters. Cut each quarter into five 1 x 4-inch sticks. With a floured spatula, transfer each cookie to a prepared baking sheet.