Spring-Cleaning Cookies
Description
This spring-cleaning cookies recipe gets creative by using up nuts, chocolate chips, pretzels; things you can bake into a cookie instead of tossing.
Ingredients
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1 cup white sugar
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1 cup light brown sugar
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1/2 cup shortening
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2 large eggs
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2 tablespoons evaporated milk
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 1/2 cups rolled oats
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1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
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1 cup flaked coconut
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1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.
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Beat white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and shortening together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in evaporated milk and vanilla.
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Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate large bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Stir in oats, chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans.
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Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets spaced 2 inches apart.
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Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, switching racks halfway through, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool slightly on cookie sheets before transferring cookies to wire racks to cool completely.