Gumdrop Cookies

• ½ cup shortening
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup sifted flour
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• ½ cup grated coconut
• ½ cup gumdrops, cut in small pieces
• 1 cup quick cooking oatmeal

Beat shortening until soft. Add and cream brown sugar, white sugar and vanilla. Mix flour, soda, baking powder and salt and add alternately with beaten egg. Add and mix coconut, gumdrops and oatmeal. Pinch off small pieces of dough, roll into balls and flatten with spatula dipped in milk. Place on slightly greased cookie sheet. Bake in 350 degrees F. oven about 10 minutes. Yield: 40 cookies