Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
• 3 cups oatmeal
• 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped nuts (peanuts and pecans)
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 -3 cups chopped chocolate candy bars (do not use hard candy, candy corn, licorice or gummy candy) or 2 -3 cups decorative candies (do not use hard candy, candy corn, licorice or gummy candy)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 line cookie sheets with parchment or use silpats, as the melted candy is very sticky.
• 3 cream butter and sugars together.
• 4 beat in eggs one at a time until smooth.
• 5 add vanilla.
• 6 mix in baking soda and flour.
• 7 stir in remaining ingredients with a spoon.
• 8 roll dough into walnut sized balls, flatten slightly and place 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheets.
• 9 bake 8 to 10 minutes.
• 10 watch carefully as melted candy may burn.
• 11 cool 5 minutes on cookie sheets before removing to wire rack.