Harriet's Wheat Germ Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, very loosely packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut
• 1 cup wheat germ
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup flax seed meal

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 cream together the oil, both sugars, eggs and vanilla.
• 3 in a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• 4 add the flour mixture to the oil mixture and mix well.
• 5 add the oatmeal, coconut, wheatgerm, nuts, flaxmeal and chocolate chips, mixing well after each addition.
• 6 drop spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. you may have to shape them with your fingers a bit in order to get them to stick together. flatten slightly. you should get exactly 12 cookies on a standard baking sheet.
• 7 bake for 10-11 minutes. they may not appear done, but take them out of the oven anyway.
• 8 cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing the cookies to a cooling rack.
• 9 makes 3-4 dozen.