Recipe#7355

Title: Ambrosia

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: popielarz@ll.mit.edu (June Popielarz) 
 Subject: Ambrosia Cookies 
 Message-ID: <9401261120.AA03208@LL.MIT.EDU> 
 Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory 
 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 11:20:06 -0500 

Yield:  4 dozen
 1 cup butter or margarine 
 1 cup sugar
 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
 2 eggs, well beaten
 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 2 cups all-purpose flour
 1 teaspoon baking powder
 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
 1/4 teaspoon salt
 1 cup flaked coconut
 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking or regular oats, uncooked
 1 cup chopped pecans
 2 cups chopped dates (or raisins)
 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
 Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating
 well.  Add eggs, beating well; stir in vanilla.
 Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, coconut, oats,
 pecans, dates, lemon rind, and orange rind in a medium mixing bowl;
 mix well.  Add to creamed mixture; blend well.  Drop dough by
 teasoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake at 375 F
 for 10 to 12 minutes.  Remove to wire racks to cool.  Store in airtight
 containers.