Sweet Secret

Is this the best weekend ever?  It’s gotta be…treats two days in a row.  Yippee!!!  Since our Valentine’s Day Treat was quite divine we decided to keep Saturday’s treat a little more simple.   We took our favorite oatmeal cookie recipe and mixed in semi sweet chocolate chips, heath bits, and M&Ms.  But we didn’t stop there.  We added in a secret ingredient (wait for it…wait for it…) pretzels.  Yes pretzels!  They add enough saltiness to counteract all of the richness from the chocolates.  Simply Superb!

Secret Ingredient Oatmeal Cookies

• 3/4 cup Butter Flavored Crisco Shortening
• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups quick oats, uncooked
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup M&Ms
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup Heath bits
• I cup pretzels broken into small pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine Butter Flavored Crisco, brown sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended.  Combine oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed until blended. Stir in M&Ms, chocolate chips,  Heath bits, and pretzels pieces. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheet.

Bake from 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Allow to cool on wire rack.

Makes about 2- 2 1/2 dozen cookies.

*adapted from the Butter Flavored Crisco Oatmeal Chewy Cookie Recipe