Name: Old-Time Coconut Jumbles
Yield: Makes 2 to 3 dozen
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 2 eggs; 2 cups flour; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 drops almond extract; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 2 cups shredded coconut, sweetened or unsweetened; ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, preferably grated fresh

Preparation info

Makes
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book

By Richard Sax

Published 1986

About

Jumbles are a very old cookie, mentioned in lots of early American cookbooks. This particular version is based on an 1825 recipe for “Jumbals” in Mary Randolph’s The Virginia Housewife (University of South Carolina Press). Food historian Karen Hess notes that their name derives from European versions of