Donald Fraser's Favorite Cookies

The Fraser clan of Cookshire (my mother's family) published a collection of their family recipes for their 1992 reunion. This one was Grandpa Fraser's favorite cookie:

1 cup soft butter
3 cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 cup coconut
2 cups rolled oats

Beat first four ingredients until fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into mixture until well blended. Stir in coconut and rolled oats.

Drop by rounded tablespoon 3” apart on greased cookie sheets and flatten with a fork.

Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.