1/2 cup butter OR margarine, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (6 oz) butterscotch morsels
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut

beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating well. add eggs and vanilla; beat well.

combine flour, baking soda, and salt; add to butter mixture, and beat well. stir in butterscotch morsels and pecans.

place flaked coconut in a shallow dish. drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into coconut, rolling to coat dough with coconut while shaping dough into balls. place balls on greased cookie sheets. bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. immediately remove to wire racks to cool.

makes 4 dozen