Bird's Nest Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups m&m's plain chocolate candy or 1 3/4 cups m&m chocolate-covered peanuts or 1 3/4 cups m&m chocolate-covered almonds or 1 3/4 cups m&m crispy chocolate decorative candies, for easter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f.
• 2 spread coconut on non-greased cookie sheet.
• 3 toast in oven, stirring occasionally, until it turns light golden, about 25 minutes.
• 4 remove coconut from cookie sheet and set aside.
• 5 increase oven temperature to 350°f.
• 6 in large bowl, add butter and sugar and whip until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
• 7 in medium bowl, combine flour and salt.
• 8 blend into creamed mixture.
• 9 form dough into 1 1/4-inch balls.
• 10 roll heavily into toasted coconut.
• 11 place coconut cookies 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
• 12 make indentation with thumb in center of each cookie.
• 13 bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
• 14 remove cookies and cool completely.
• 15 fill indentations with"m&m's"® chocolate candies for easter.