Cook Time: 11-13 minutes
Makes: 24 cookies
Calories: 177 per cookie
Source: The Daily Cookie: 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life
Ingredients for mix:
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups large-flake oats
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup M&Ms
Additional ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Using a funnel or a twisted sheet of paper, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a 1-L mason jar.
- Mix the oats and both sugars together; add to the jar.
- Pack the layers down tightly, then add the pecans, chocolate chips and M&Ms.
- Put the lid on and give as a gift with further instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Mix jar ingredients with additional ingredients.
- Shape into 1-inch balls and place on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake 11-13 minutes; cool on a wire rack.
I got the book in which I found this recipe out of the library in late November. There was a recipe for each day of the year and all the recipes had some kind of relationship to the day to which it pertained. Of course, I looked at all our birthdays, but didn't find anything I particularly wanted to make. Then I looked at the current date and found these cookies; who knew that the mason jar was patented on November 30, 1858?!? Not only that, but these were just in time for Christmas gift-giving; I made a dozen of these to give to family and friends and they were a big hit. Now I keep a couple of jars on hand so that if I need to make cookies for some kind of event, I'll be able to do so in a hurry. This recipe was definitely a good find!
