Shelly's Recipe

BIG OATMEAL COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
3 cups rolled oats
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup milk

Spread coconut and oats over a baking sheet. Preheat oven to 350 and place pan in oven and toast approximately 10 minutes, stirring often. Cool. Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.

Mix dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until mixed. Beat in the milk. Stir in the dry ingredients, coconut and oats. Drop dough into 1/4 cup amounts, 3 inch apart, onto baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes. Let cool 1 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool.