Spring-Cleaning Cookies

This spring-cleaning cookies recipe gets creative by using up nuts, chocolate chips, pretzels; things you can bake into a cookie instead of tossing.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 144 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons evaporated milk
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup butter, softened
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 1.5 cups rolled oats
• 1.5 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.

Step 2

Cream together white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and shortening in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined before adding the next. Stir in evaporated milk and vanilla.

Step 3

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate large bowl. Stir flour mixture into sugar mixture. Mix in oats, chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, switching racks halfway through, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool slightly on cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.