Cookies ~ Orange Coconut Chews

Orange Coconut Chews

¼ c butter

1 c brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 tsp grated orange rind

juice from one orange

½ c flour

½ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 c coconut

1 c chopped dates

Melt butter – add sugar and mix until combined. Mix in egg, vanilla and orange juice. Add dry ingredients until well incorporated.

Stir in dates and coconut.

Bake in a 7x11 lightly sprayed pan

350 for 30 minutes