2 tb Butter
1 c Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 ts Cream of tartar
1 ts Baking soda
1 pn Salt
1 1/2 c Flour, plain
-(white)
1/2 ts Vanilla essence
1 c Coconut, desiccated
2 tb Golden syrup
1 tb Milk

Mix all ingredients together well. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
Roll dough into small balls. Bake for
15 minutes, or until brown.

NOTES:

* Biscuits (cookies) with butter and coconut -- This recipe is from
our local school's collection of "mother's favourite recipes." It's
terrific.

* Golden syrup is not available in North America; it is a caramelized
sugar syrup. North Americans can substitute dark corn syrup or a
mixture of molasses and water.

: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 30 minutes.
: Precision: measure the ingredients.

: Michael Gigante
: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Vic., Australia
: seismo!munnari!cidam.oz!mg mg%cidam.oz@australia.csnet

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Yields
6 Dozen