{"id":677,"date":"2008-10-13T06:56:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T06:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2008-10-13T06:56:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T06:56:56","slug":"kitchen-sink-everything-cookies-recipe-oatmeal-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-chip-walnut-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/kitchen-sink-everything-cookies-recipe-oatmeal-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-chip-walnut-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Sink, Everything Cookies Recipe: Oatmeal, Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Walnut Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, yesterday was my birthday. If you noticed the number on last year’s birthday cupcakes<\/a>, you’ll know what year it is for me (don’t make me say it!) I want to give a big shout-out to everyone who sent me messages and left wishes on my Facebook wall (is the new ecard?) – I feel loved<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The best thing about your birthday is, of course, using it as an excuse to use the phrase “since it’s my birthday<\/em>” a few times. Luckily, when I get my way, often others benefit. Such is the case with these cookies. I decided the pantry could use a bit of an emptying from my “Food Hoarder<\/strong>” ways. <\/p>\n

It’s a little similar to Food Blogga Susan’s Food Shopaholics Anonymous<\/a> but I hoard my purchases and gifts<\/strong>. Being an expat puts your cupboard on a whole different level as some ingredients like mozzarella di buffala and basil are plentiful, and others are not. I start a lot of my food shopping with “Just in case….” – Who knows when I’ll need to use that agar-agar or those black sesame seeds? What about the little silver codettes or the ranch dressing? Better leave them until next recipe.<\/p>\n

So I went flying in the face of my food hoarding ways to make these cookies and tackled my cupboard – a bag of peanut butter chips? Zing! Ghiradelli chocolate chips? POW! Walnuts, Quaker oats, coconut….<\/p>\n

Who wouldn’t love these cookies? <\/strong><\/p>\n

In honor of the mish-mash of ingredients, I’m calling them a hybrid name as well….Kitchen Sink, Everything Cookies…with Food Hoarder and Birthday Girl thrown in there, too…..since it’s my birthday<\/em> (or it was when I made them!)<\/p>\n

\"Kitchen<\/a><\/p>\n

Kitchen Sink, Everything, Food Hoarder, Birthday Girl Cookies: Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter Chip, Coconut Cookie Recipe<\/h3>\n

They are a little more caramelized and cook up darker than you might expect from a traditional chocolate chip cookie since the dark brown sugar plays a bit part. Don’t worry, they are good to the last morsel. I suggest having milk or water nearby while eating!<\/em><\/p>\n

3\/4 cup dark brown sugar
\n1\/2 cup sugar
\n2 eggs
\n2 sticks \/ 1 cup (225g) unsalted butter
\n1 t. vanilla<\/p>\n

1 cup flour
\n1 t. baking soda
\n1\/2 t. salt<\/p>\n

2 cups white oats (Quaker if you got ’em!)
\n1 cup (about 90g) unsweetened, shredded coconut
\n80g walnuts, chopped\/chunked into pieces
\n12oz\/340g chocolate chips
\n10oz\/283g (1 2\/3cups) peanut butter chips<\/p>\n

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  1. Preheat oven to 350F\/180C. Beat the butter and sugars together until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for another 1-2 minutes.<\/li>\n
  2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking soda together with a whisk or very briskly with a fork to evenly distribute the ingredients. Add this mixture slowly to the eggs and sugar mixture.<\/li>\n
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together all the “extras” – the coconut, oats, nuts and chocolate \/ peanut butter chips.<\/li>\n
  4. Add to the wet mixture and mix using a wooden spoon until all ingredients are mixed evenly and there are no dry ingredients floating freely. Drop by tablespoons onto a cookie\/baking sheet lined with parchment.<\/li>\n
  5. Cook for 10-12 minutes (watch carefully if you have the convection oven\/fan on like me) and take out the cookies when the edges begin to turn golden brown. Let cookies sit for 3-5 minutes on the cookie tray, then remove to cooling rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Cross-section<\/a><\/p>\n

    What would you put in your Kitchen Sink – Everything cookies???<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some other Kitchen Sink – Everything cookie variations<\/p>\n