Recipe for "butternuts"

NAME

     BUTTERNUTS - Biscuits (cookies) with butter and coconut
     This  recipe  is  from  our  local  school's  collection  of
     ``mother's favourite recipes''. It's terrific.

INGREDIENTS (6 dozen)

     30 g      butter,
     200 g     sugar
     1         egg
     2.5 ml    cream of tartar
     5 ml      baking soda
     pinch     salt
     160 g     plain white flour
     2.5 ml    vanilla essence
     75 g      dessicated coconut
     30 ml     golden syrup
     15 ml     milk

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mix all ingredients together well. Preheat oven to
               120 deg. C.
          (2)  Roll dough into small balls.
          (3)  Bake for 15 minutes, or until brown.

NOTES

     Golden syrup is not available in  North  America;  it  is  a
     caramelized sugar syrup. North Americans can substitute dark
     corn syrup or a mixture of molasses and water.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 30 minutes.  Precision: measure the
     ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Michael Gigante
     Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Vic., Australia
     seismo!munnari!cidam.oz!mg    mg%cidam.oz@australia.csnet