I'm seldom in the mood to make cookies, but last night I couldn't sleep. So it was the perfect time to make cookies. I jotted down this recipe a long time ago from one of my mom's old cookbooks. They seemed to have just an odd mix of ingredients and of course a name that just makes you think there is some great story about them. This was my first time making or eating an Alabama Cookie and I have lived in Alabama all my life. So I have no idea why they are called Alabama cookies. If you know, tell me.
Alabama Cookies
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 & 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 cups old fashion oatmeal
2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup Rice Krispies cereal
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In the bowl of a mixer cream the shortening. Then add the eggs, both sugars, and the vanilla extract. Mix until well combined. Then add the flour and salt. Mix just until the flour is incorporated. Then stir in the remainder of the ingredients. Then drop onto a cookie sheet by the heaping teaspoonful. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and allow them to cool on wire racks. This recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies.
These cookies have the texture of a real crispy coconut macaroon. We really liked them. They are a nice change from the normal chocolate chip.
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