Nickey’s Garbage Cookies

Yummmm! I love these cookies with a bit of bran flakes to give it a little crunch. I get 60 3-inch cookies.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 60 cookies

Ingredients

• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon sea salt
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 1  egg, lightly beaten
• 1  cup canola oil
• 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1  cup oatmeal
• 1  cup  all-bran cereal
• 1  cup pecans, chopped
• 1  cup  shredded coconut
• 1  cup  semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1  cup dried cranberries

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine and sift flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, combine oatmeal, bran flakes, pecans, coconut, chocolate chips and cranberries. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, cream the butter. Add both sugars. Add egg, oil, and vanilla.
5. Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture, blending well -- I add a third at a time.
6. Add chocolate chips mixture.
7. Drop by heaping teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. [The amount of cookies you get will depend on how large you make them.].
8. Bake at 350 until cookies are lightly browned, about 15 minutes depending on your oven. Wait a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.