Grandmother's Oatmeal Coconut Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.5 cups brown sugar 
• 0.8 cup butter softened
• 1 cup coconut or flaked
• 1 cup rice cereal crispy rice krispies® such as
• 2  eggs 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup oats 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat brown sugar, white sugar, and butter together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.
3. Add 1 egg one at a time, allowing the first to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next with the vanilla.
4. Stir flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Beat into the butter mixture until just incorporated into a dough. Fold oats, crispy rice cereal, and coconut into the dough; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
5. Drop cookie dough by teaspoonful onto baking sheets.
6. Bake in preheated oven until browned, 8 to 9 minutes. Cool cookies slightly on baking sheets before moving to cooling racks to cool completely.