I love oatmeal cookies. I also love coconut. Put them together with some M&M mini’s and you’ve got yourself the PERFECT holiday cookie! It would be hard to pick a favorite from the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies here at Tried and Tasty, but if I had to – these would be right up near the top. They are absolutely perfect. They are the kind of cookie that you just can’t eat one of. Thankfully I took the batch of them to work and shared with my co-workers so I wasn’t tempted to hide in the closet and chow down on the whole bunch of them. Not saying that I would do that, but left alone I’m not sure what I’m capable of with a delicious batch of freshly baked cookies. Make a batch, you’ll understand what I mean.
Ingredients
- 1 c. 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1/2 c. granulated sugar
- 1/2 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 c. quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats uncooked
- 1 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 3/4 c. M&M's semi-sweet chocolate holiday mini baking bits
- 1/2 c. shredded coconut
- 1/2 c. coarsely chopped pecans
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 F.
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In large bowl cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy; beat in egg. In medium bowl combine flour, oats, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; blend in flour mixture into creamed mixture, Stir in M&M's, coconut and pecans.
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Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls about 2-in. apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
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Bake 10-13 min. or until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire racks. Store in tightly covered container.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from The Cookie Bible
These look so festive! I have never heard of this. Look at you Cookie baker extraordinaire!
Yvonne
What can I say.. I’m a girl who likes to eat cookies that also likes to bake cookies :)
How have I not ever heard of these either?! It’s like you’re opening my eyes to so many new cookie possibilities! Pinned!
Yvonne
I don’t know that I had either before I found them in my cookbook – I’m sooooo glad that I did! The goal of my series was to hopefully bring something new to the table!! There are so many of the same kinds of cookies floating around and I wanted to stand out in the crowd!
These are my husband’s favorite cookies. I’m such a bad wife, I should probably make some now that you’ve reminded me. Pinned!
Yvonne
There’s no better time like the present :)
oatmeal cookies are SO in my top three! I love the festive colors of these!
Yvonne
Top three huh!? The colors of these are such a hit!!
Aimee Berrett
Mmm I love oatmeal in cookies especially when there are no raisins! And I love the festive colors in these cookies. These look delicious!
Yvonne
Blech. I don’t like raisins – so we’re in that boat together!
YUM! I love oats in cookies & these are so festive!
Yvonne
Me too! So delicious!