Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Craisin Cookies
[adapted from Whipped, the blog]
INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 cups butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar1 egg, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 heaping cups uncooked oats
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup shredded coconut3/4 cup craisins
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease cookie sheets with cooking spray.
Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
Stir together in separate bowl flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
Add to creamed mixture a little at a time, mixing well. Stir in oats. Fold in nuts, chocolate chips, coconut, and craisins.
Spoon cookies on cookie sheets.
Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool.
Makes about 5 dozen 2 inch cookies.
Supermoist Banana Bread
INGREDIENTS
1 3/4 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c butter, softened
3/4 c packed brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 c sour cream or plain yogurt or buttermilk
5 bananas, mashed
1 1/2 c extras: chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, cranberries
DIRECTIONS
Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan*. Preheat oven to 350 F.
Mix dry ingredients together in large bowl (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon).
Cream together butter and sugar in another large bowl.
Stir eggs, sour cream/yogurt, and bananas into butter-sugar. (Add a dash of vanilla if desired.)
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; stir. Stir in extras.
Pour into pan.
Bake 60-70 min; let cool on rack.
*you don't have to use a loaf pan; using a bigger pan will give you more of the nice top, but won't give you that sharp delicious crackle in the middle.
