The World's Best Cookies

KelBel's Note:

I had these fabulous cookies during a wine dinner weekend at an inn in Ogonquit Maine. The recipe is courtesy of the caterer, but they give credit to the San Francisco ala Carte, a cookbook by the Junior League of San Francisco, 1979.

• Total Time: 22 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 96

Yield: 8.0 dozen

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup corn flakes, crushed
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy
3. Stir in egg, oil, vanilla.
4. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
5. Combine with egg mixture until well blended.
6. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
7. Place on ungreased cookie sheet into balls the size of walnuts and flatten with a fork in criss cross pattern.
8. Bake for 12 minutes.
9. Cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing.

Reviews

[marisk]

I've made these twice now. They have a wonderful flavor. I did cut the sugars and increase the vanilla. The first time they turned out a bit delicate and broke easily. The second time I made them thicker - that helped. This is one of the few that I'm baking to put in cookie boxes to give as presents. Thank you for sharing!

[DeniseBC]

These are great!! I needed a lot of cookies for a fundraising event and Hokies Lady recommended these to me. They taste great!! A few tips I found that helped after my first batch turned out more like a giant thin sheet cookie(!): 1) don't make them too big, 2) don't put them too close together. Don't do more than 12 on a cookie sheet or they will moosh together. 3) if your batter seems runny or you live somewhere like I do where it is reaching 100 degrees today, it helps to chill the batter a bit before putting on the cookie sheets. I would pop it back into the fridge when I wasn't putting it onto the sheet and that helped a lot. Thanks KelBel for a great recipe! I'm sure the bike riders at the Habitat ride this weekend will enjoy these and I know I'll be making them again!

[GranyKaren]

I made these after tasting KelBel's fabulous Guinness Stout Brownies. I wanted to see if her cookies were up to that standard. There were delicious. I made them for a work group meeting and everyone snatched them up. I dipped one side in melted white chocolate, but they really didnt need anything extra. Try them!