Vicki Bickies

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 1 cup rolled oat
• 1 cup flaked coconut (unsweetened)
• 125 g margarine (5 ounces)
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon boiling water
• 1 egg

Directions

1. 1

   Mix the flour, sugar, oats and coconut in a bowl. Make a hole in the center.

2. 2

   Melt the margarine with the maple syrup.

3. 3

   While that's melting, mix the baking soda with the boiling water.

4. 4

   Add the baking soda/water mixture to the margarin/maple syrup mixture. Mix well.

5. 5

   Pour this into the hole in the dry ingredient mix. Mix well.

6. 6

   Add the egg, mix well.

7. 7

   Form into cookies (1 tablespoon per cookie) and place on a greased baking sheet (I use parchment paper).

8. 8

   Bake at 180 degrees Celcius until the cookies are golden, around 20 minutes or so.