Power Cookies

Name: Power Cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 cups white sugar; 3/4 cup margarine, softened; 1 cup Crisco shortening; 4 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 3 cups flour; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 3 cups rolled oats, one-minute style; 1 (10 ounce) bag coconut; 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 (10 ounce) package pecans, cookie pieces

13 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup margarine, softened
1 cup Crisco shortening
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 cups rolled oats, one-minute style
1 (10 ounce) bag coconut
1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (10 ounce) package pecans, cookie pieces

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°.
2

In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugars, margarine, and Crisco; beat in eggs and vanilla.
3

In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
4

Beat dry mixture into wet ingredients.
5

Fold in all other ingredients.
6

Form golf ball size clumps into cookies about the size of a silver dollar, or use a heaped cookie scoop, then press the tops flat.
7

They will be about 1/2-inch thick.
8

Space in staggered rows with about two inches between cookies.
9

Bake on parchment-lined cookie sheets for 8-16 minutes.