Cream butter and sugar. Blend in egg, coconut flavoring, and coconut. Sift together flour, soda, cream of tartar, and salt and mix into batter. Roll cookie dough into walnut-sized balls and roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass. Mix buttermilk and ½ cup shredded coconut together. Top each cookie round with ½ teaspoon buttermilk and coconut mixture; top this with another flattened cookie round. Pinch edges together. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies edges are just golden.
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