One of my Mum's recipes.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
2 tab butter
1 egg
2 tab golden syrup
1 tab milk
1 cup coconut
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Method:
cream butter and sugar
fold in other ingredients
drop in rough heaps on a lined tray
press (flatten) with a floured fork
bake in a moderate oven until browned