Coconut Oatmeal Orange Slice Cookies

This is a vintage recipe found on a handwritten notecard that was in Lorraine's paternal grandmother's collection. It is noted as being from Mrs. Brown, which should be her great-grandmother.

Coconut Oatmeal Orange Slice Cookies

1 cup shortening (Or butter! Or for a modern option, coconut oil!)

1 cup granulated white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

2 cups flour

2 cups quick cooking oatmeal

1 cup shredded coconut

1 cup diced orange slice candies (or gumdrops)

1 tsp vanilla extract

The only instruction are to bake in a moderate oven and leave space between. 

My plan: cream together the sugars & shortening. Add the eggs and mix well. Mix the other dry ingredients together and gradually add to the sugar mixture. Add in the oatmeal, coconut, orange slice candy, and vanilla. Drop by tablespoons onto non-stick baking sheet and cook at 350 until brown around the edges.