Carrie Vyne's Calico Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
pinch of salt
2-1/2 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup each: chocolate chips,
dried cranberries, sliced
almonds, toffee bits
May also use raisins, butterscotch
morsels, peanut butter pieces, or white chocolate chips
Cream butter with sugars. Add eggs, vanilla, and almond extracts. Beat well. Add flour mixed with baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Fold in oatmeal and beat well. Fold in the nuts, chip, and bits; mix well. Place teaspoon-sized rounds of dough on foil-lined cookie sheets. Bake 7-8 minutes. Freezes well.
Reprinted from AUNT DIMITY
GOES WEST by Nancy Atherton by
permission of Penguin Books,
a member of Penguin Putnam Inc. Copyright 2006 by Nancy T. Atherton.
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