Swedish Dream Cookies

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon bakers' ammonia
• 1 tablespoon boiling water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup flaked coconut

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together shortening and butter. Gradually add sugar and almond extract. Mix on high speed for 10 minutes.
3. In a small bowl, dissolve the baker's ammonia with the boiling water, adding the water a little at a time. Add this to the butter mixture.
4. Stir in the flour and coconut . Mix well.
5. Drop cookies from a teaspoon onto a well greased cookie sheet. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing.

butter, shortening, white sugar, bakers, boiling water, almond, flour, flaked coconut

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/11486/swedish-dream-cookies/ (may not work)