Coconut dreams- grandma gottuso

Grandma gottuso baked these for Easter every year

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Step 1

Oven 350 degrees.

Step 2

Cream butter, add confectioners sugar and vanilla extract until smooth .

Step 3

Blend in flour, then add coconut Notes : save about 2oz coconut for end

Step 4

Chill dough for an hour

Step 5

Pinch off small pieces of dough and shape in to "eggs" .

Step 6

Place "eggs" on ungreased baking sheets and bake till lightly brown 15-18 min

Step 7

Cool slightly

Step 8

Make glaze 3 tbdp butter, 1/4 cup of warm milk, 3 cups of sifted confectioners sugar, and 2tsp of vanilla extract.

Step 9

Dip cookies in the glaze then in to coconut then put on cooling rack

Step 10

Note: I suggest using clear vanilla and what I did was divide the glaze in to 3 small bowls the colored with food coloring. I did yellow, lavender, and pink coloring. I held the cookies and just dipped the tops ... let the exc3ss drip off the dip into the bowl of coconut then turn right side up and then put on cooling rack