Cookies: Everything But the Kitchen Sink aka Sinker
From a cozy mystery novel: Deadly Delights by Laura Jensen Walker
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 5 cups stuff such as:
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup Raisin Bran or Rice Krispies
- ¾ cup chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until fluffy (usually about 5 minutes).
- Add eggs and vanilla. Combine well.
- Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Then add "stuff" and stir by hand to combine. Depending on your preferences, you can substitute Rice Krispies for Raisin Bran and use either mini M&M's or raisins in place of the butterscotch chips. If you're not a fan of coconut, consider using a cup of peanut butter in place of the coconut flakes. (Basically, I use whatever I have in the kitchen that day.)
- Place parchment paper or silicone baking mat on cookie sheets and use a cookie scoop to scoop slightly rounded dough onto the sheets-10 cookies per sheet.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
- Remove when edges turn golden brown (cookies will finish cooking after being removed from the oven-this gives you a crunchy outside and a nice, soft inside).