Oatmeal Everything Cookies
By
Deanna Ogle
@whodunitrdr
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I came up with this recipe when I looked through my baking drawer and saw small amounts of different cookie "add-ins". They travel well and were a big hit when I sent them to a soldier friend in Afghanistan.
Ingredients
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1 cmargarine or butter, softened
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1 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 csugar
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2 largeeggs
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 cquick cooking oats
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2 cflour
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 tspbaking powder
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3/4 tspsalt
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1/2 cgolden raisins
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1/2 cdried cranberries
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1/2 csemi-sweet chocolate chips
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1/2 cchopped walnuts
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1/2 ccoconut, flaked
How to Make Oatmeal Everything Cookies
- Beat margarine, sugars, eggs and vanilla for 5 minutes.
- Combine dry ingredients, add slowly to creamed mixture. Stir in fruits, chips and nuts.
- Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes. Cool on racks. Makes 4 1/2 dozen.
- NOTES: You can use any favorite combination of chips, dried fruit, nuts and/or coconut in these cookies, as long as the total amount adds up to 2 1/2 cups.
