Austria - Viennes Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients:

• 1/3 c. butter
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp. heavy cream
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 c. flour
• 4 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 c. coconut
• 6 crushed vanilla wafers

Procedure

Cream butter and sugar. Add the well-beaten eggs, cream and vanilla. Sift the dry ingredients, and add to the first mixture. Add the coconut and wafers. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 1 inch apart, on a greased cookie sheet and bake in a moderate oven until brown on top. 8-10 minutes.