Dad's Cookies recipe - from the The Gibb Family Cookbook Family Cookbook

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup shortning (or half margarine half oil)
• 2 eggs
• tspn vanilla
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups quick rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cup coconut