Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Stir in vanilla, then add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Sift together flour, salt, and soda. (I just stir together.) Add to creamed misture. Stir in rolled oats and cocoanut. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto well-greased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on rack.

**Or**omit cocoanut, divide dough into thirds. Add 1/3 cup cocoanut to a third, add 1/3 cup raisins to a third, and add 1/3 cup chopped nuts to the final third. **Or** you can just omit cocoanut and add nothing.

This recipe makes 14 to 16 dozen depending on how big a spoonful you drop. They freeze Magnificently, actually taste better, brings out the butter flavor or something.