Recipe - Everything Cookies

1 cup Butter; softened
1 cup Brown sugar, packed
One half cup Granulated sugar
3 Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cup Allpurpose flour
2 cup Quickcooking rolled oats
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 cup Raisins
375 g Bittersweet chocolate; cut
into chunks
175 g Chopped pecans; (about
1One half cups)

In a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar
until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Add
vanilla.

(In food processor, combine butter, brown and granulated sugars in work
bowl; process until light and fluffy. Add aggs and vanilla; process until
smooth, scraping down sides.)

In separate bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Stir into
butter mixture to form sticky dough. Stir in raisins, chocolate chunks and
pecans.

(Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in food processor; pulse with on/off
motion just until mixture forms a soft ball. Transfer to bowl; stir in
raisins, chocolate and pecans.)

Drop mixture by tablespoons onto greased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake in preheated 375F oven about 10 to 12 minutes or until golden.
Partially cool on baking sheet before lifting on to rack to cool
completely.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #208

Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 20:20:05 0400

From: Anne Evans aevans@user.rose.com
NOTES : "I guarantee these superb cookies made with rolled oats, raisins,
nuts and chocolate will be a hit with the kid in anyone!
Substitute 2 cups of large semisweet chocolate chips for
bittersweet chocolate, if desired. You can make these into giant
cookies by dropping batter onto baking sheets in larger amounts.
The food processor method (my preference) is given in brackets."
Marion Kane of the Toronto Star.