OLYMPIC
COOKIES
(Yield: 3 dozen)
1 cup rolled oats
1¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup M&M's plain chocolate candies
½ cup raisins
½ chopped walnuts
¼ cup flaked coconut
In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda, and salt; set
aside.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray cookie sheets with
non-stick vegetable spray.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light
and fluffy; add egg and vanilla, beating until well blended. Add
dry ingredients, stirring until well blended. Stir in chocolate candies,
raisins, walnuts, and coconut. Drop, 1-inch apart, by rounded teaspoonfuls
onto prepared cookie sheets; press 2 or 3 additional candies into each
cookie.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on cookie
sheets for 3 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely
on a wire rack.
 
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