Nickey’s Garbage Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

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

Recipe

• 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.