Ingredients
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
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1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
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1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon almond extract
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1 cup all-purpose flour, wholewheat flour works just as well
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/8 teaspoon salt
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1 cup quick-cooking oats, not instant
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1/2 cup dried cranberries, Ocean Spray Craisins
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1/2 cup slivered almonds, lightly toasted
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2/3 cup white chocolate chips, placed in freezer to harden this retains their shape in baking
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1 large egg, room temperature
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1/2 cup unsweetened coconut, medium
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Cream together white and brown sugar, margarine, vanilla and almond extracts.
- Beat in egg.
- Mix in sifted flour, baking powder and soda, salt, oats and coconut until combined.
- Stir in dried cranberries, almonds and white chocolate chips.
- Drop slightly heaped tablespoons of dough on a sprayed SHINY baking sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes depending on your oven. Should be evenly golden in colour.
- Remove to cooling rack.
- Freeze really well.