DATE-NUTTY OATMEAL COOKIES
(Yield: 2½ dozen)

3 cups rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
1¼ cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup orange juice
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup chopped walnuts

In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.

Preheat oven to 375°F.  Spray cookie sheets with non-stick vegetable spray.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.  Add egg, orange juice, and vanilla;  beat until well blended.  Add flour, beating until just blended.  Stir in coconut, dates, and walnuts.  Drop, 2-inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheets.

Bake, one cookie sheet at a time, 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are lightly brown.  Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheet.  Remove from cookie sheet; cool completely on a wire rack.


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