Claire's
Lace
Preheat
oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
1
cup sifted flour
1 cup chopped flaked coconut or chopped walnuts
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix
flour and coconut (or walnuts).
Combined light corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter or margarine in heavy
saucepan. Over medium heat, bring syrup mixture to boil, stirring
constantly. Remove from heat.
Gradually blend flour mixture, then vanilla, into syrup mixture.
Drop onto foil-covered cookie sheets by scant teaspoonfuls, 3 inches apart
(dough will spread during baking). Bake for 8-10 minutes.|
Cool on wire rack until foil peels off easily. Remove foil. Place cookies
on rack covered with absorbent paper.
Reprinted from AUNT DIMITY BEATS THE DEVIL by
Nancy Atherton by
permission of Penguin Books, a
member of Penguin Putnam Inc. Copyright
2000 by Nancy T. Atherton. All rights reserved. This excerpt, or any parts
thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.