Oatmeal Cranberry Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, wholewheat flour works just as well
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats, not instant
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut, medium
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries, ocean spray craisins
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds, lightly toasted
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips, placed in freezer to harden this retains their shape in baking

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 cream together and brown sugar, margarine, vanilla and almond extracts.
• 3 beat in egg.
• 4 mix in sifted flour, baking powder and soda, salt, oats and coconut until combined.
• 5 stir in dried cranberries, almonds and chocolate chips.
• 6 drop slightly heaped tablespoons of dough on a sprayed shiny baking sheet.
• 7 bake 10 to 12 minutes depending on your oven. should be evenly golden in colour.
• 8 remove to cooling rack.
• 9 freeze really well.