Loaded Oatmeal Cookies

An oatmeal cookie - not as you know it! Great for gift giving, Christmas or as a special treat in the cookie jar.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 36

Ingredients

• 1  cup self raising flour
• 1⁄2 cup  traditional rolled oats
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup  toasted coconut
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries or 1⁄2 cup dried cherries
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Beat the butter and sugar until thick and fluffy.
2. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again.
3. Add all the remaining ingredients all at once and stir like mad.
4. Drop dessert spoon sized mounds of dough on to prepared baking trays covered with baking paper, allow spreading room (about 2 inches).
5. Bake at 350oF (170oC) for 13-15 minutes. Cool on the racks and store in an airtight container for upto a week.