Shelly's Recipe

ALOHA OATMEAL COOKIES

Category: Cookies

3/4 cup butter
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp grated orange peel
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp orange or lemon extract
3 cups quick oats, uncooked
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda, salt and ginger
1 can crushed pineapple juice in natural juice, well drained
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts or blanched almonds

Preheat oven to 375. Grease baking sheets. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies. Combine first 7 ingredients and beat until well blended. Combine dry ingredients and mix into creamed mixture and blend until just blended. Stir in pineapple, coconut and nuts. Drop rounded tbspfuls of dough 2 inch apart onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet and then remove to foil to cool completely.