Seasonal Gumdrop Cookies
"This was always a family affair to make these cookies, mom would get all the ingredients together, dad would stir the dough by hand when it got too hard to mix, and I had the fun job of cutting up the gumdrops."
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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6 dozen
ingredients
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup cut up gumdrop
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream together the margarine, brown sugar and sugar.
- Blend in the vanilla and eggs.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, oatmeal and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture.
- Stir in the coconut and cut up gumdrops.
- Drop by teaspoonful onto greased baking sheets.
- Bake 10-12 minutes.
- NOTE:Dipping scissors in hot water before cutting up the gumdrops helps them cut easier.
- Either the big gumdrops or the little spice drops work well.
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Reviews
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These cookies are on my list of all time favorites, as long as they're made with the small spice drops, rather than the larger gumdrops. The flavor of the spice drops elevates these cookies to something special. The texture is perfect - crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Fantastic cookie. -
Excellent cookies but the gumdrops cutting takes a bit of time. Next time I might use the baking gumdrops and leave them uncut. It of course would be fine if you had a child you needed to give the job to. I used spice drops. Dipping the scissors worked to keep it from getting sticky. -
These are at least 5 stars! The cookie is very tasty and the gum drops are a pleasant surprise when you bite into it. I did make the first pan without the coconut and it got rave reviews from my husband (doesn't like coconut). They actully didn't spread out any more than the next pans. I used the small baking gum drops and didn't cut them, worked fine. These will be a repeat here for sure. Thanks for the recipe Kellie.
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I made these cookies and they are the best!!!!!!!!!
Tweaks
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The cup of margarine made the cookies to flat so I changed it to 1/2 cup margarine and 1/2 cup of butter flavored shortening and love the results.
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I live on the beautiful Central Coast of California. I am a 46 year old single mom and student (I got my AA degree in business management May 05).
I used to love to cook and try new recipes that is until my kids got to the point of...YUCK! I'm not eating that! Thank goodness they are growing up and willing to try new things now, so I am once again trying out new recipes.
I love to collect recipes and Recipezaar has made it so easy and paper free!!! (*cringes* and thinks of the drawers full little pieces of paper with recipes on them) My favorite cookbook is my mom's old (1930's) Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. Followed closely by the "______ the Beautiful" series, of which California the Beautiful (of course) is tops on that list.
