Cracker Jack Cookies II

Chocolate chip cookies with a few more ingredients. Oatmeal, coconut, and cereal make them very good and chewy.

Original recipe makes 2 dozen

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup flaked coconut
2 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

PREP

25 mins
COOK

10 mins
READY IN

45 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the oatmeal, coconut, crisp rice cereal and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.