The Joy of Baking: Kicking Horse Cookies

My Kicking Horse Cookies have been said to be my best (NEXT TO my infamous ooey, gooey, best milk chocolate chip cookie in the world recipe that I am weary of even sharing as to keep it a secret… yes, they are that damn good). Anyways, these cookies are a hearty bite of sweet goodness that is packed with a variety of ingredients that are perfect during the winter months. HOWEVER, they are good any time of the year so I thought I would share the recipe this week since I baked them!
I named them “Kicking Horse Cookies” because I came up with the recipe on my way home from a weekend getaway to my boyfriend’s condo (called the Kicking Horse Resort) in Golden BC!

Jenna's Kicking Horse Cookies

Ingredients:

- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2.5 cups quick oats
- 1 cup coconut
- ¼ cup coco powder
- 2-2.5 cups white flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda and salt
- 1.5 teaspoon of cinnamon and nutmeg
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup of chopped white chocolate chunks

Preparation:

1. Cream the sugar and butter until light in color; then add each egg individually to ensure they are incorporated into the batter well
2. Add vanilla
3. Combine dry ingredients (flour, coco powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt) in a separate bowl and sift to ensure there are no lumps (especially from the coco powder)
4. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix
5. Incorporate the coconut and quick oats into the batter; if you feel the batter is still rather wet than add ¼ cup of flour at a time until it is still moist but doesn’t stick to your fingers
6. Stir in the cranberries, pecans and white chocolate chunks
7. These cookies are best made BIG (since they have so many ingredients in them) so this recipe should only make about 24 at the most
8. Bake at 350 degrees for no longer than 7 minutes (any type of cookie that has oatmeal in it will not need as long of a bake as any other cookie- you want them to be chewy!!)