Loaded Oatmeal Cookies

I love cookies. Chris loves cookies, and these are some of our favorites. Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with coconut and pecans. When I make these I have to give them away or I will end up eating all of them. This time I decided to make these jumbo sized and they turned out just as well as regular sized- in fact I think they turned out better.














Recipe

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 eggs at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 ºF. Spray your baking sheets with cooking spray or line with parchment paper (I always just line mine with parchment paper because we have a "vintage" oven and it cooks unevenly- the parchment paper seems to help with that).

Stir together the flour, baking soda, kosher salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.

Stir together the eggs and vanilla in a small bowl. In another large bowl beat the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until creamy and blended. Add the egg mixture in two additions and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Reduce the speed to low, slowly add the dry ingredients, and beat until just incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if necessary. Stir in the oatmeal, chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans.

Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the baking sheets (when I did the jumbo sized cookies I fit 6 on a sheet- normally I could fit 12).

Bake until the edges of the cookies are golden and the centers are barely cooked, about 10 minutes. (Even with the jumbo cookies they will still be ready in about 10 minutes). Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 2 to 3 minutes then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

Recipe makes 4 dozen regular cookies or 2 dozen jumbo.

Adapted from Bride and Groom First and Forever Cookbook