Make super-thin Karo lace cookies with this vintage recipe from 1965

Name: Karo lace cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 34 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 1 cup sifted flour; 1 cup chopped flaked coconut or nuts; 1/2 cup Karo crystal-clear syrup (light corn syrup); 1/2 cup firmly-packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup margarine; 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Karo Lace Cookies… for holiday giving and eating!

Surely the most festive Christmas cookies ever — and deliciously easy to make with Karo.

These Karo cookies are so lacy and elegant, you can serve them to company, give them as gifts, hang them on the tree. And they’re so crisp and crunchy, the kids will love them, too.

Karo Lace Cookies recipe

Karo lace cookies

Yield: 48 cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Additional Time: 4 minutes

Total Time: 34 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup sifted flour
1 cup chopped flaked coconut or nuts
1/2 cup Karo crystal-clear syrup (light corn syrup)
1/2 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Mix flour and coconut.
Combine Karo, brown sugar and margarine in heavy saucepan.
Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat; gradually blend in flour mixture, then vanilla.
Drop onto foil-covered cookie sheet by scant teaspoonfuls, 3 inches apart. Bake in 350(F) oven 8 to 10 minutes.
Cool 3 to 4 minutes on wire rack until foil may be easily peeled off.
Remove foil; place cookies on rack covered with absorbent paper.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 48 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 63Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 11mgCarbohydrates: 10gFiber: 0gSugar: 5gProtein: 0g

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Make super-thin Karo lace cookies with this vintage recipe from 1965

Karo Lace Cookies… for holiday giving and eating!

Karo Lace Cookies recipe

Karo lace cookies

Ingredients

Instructions

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Nutrition Information:

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