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Debbie, your recipe looks delicious. I am just getting ready to whip up a batch of dough. In so doing, I reorganized your recipe. I hope I have not offended you by doing this.

You said you didn't know how to reduce the amount of dough it makes so I included 1/2 of each ingredient in parenthesizes in case you want to make a smaller batch. Can't wait to try them. :-D :thumbup:

PS: you had salt listed twice so I did remove one of those.

Here is your recipe:
Knitty Kitty makes these for us. Major good. 5 stars

Bake on greased cooke sheets 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees, you can use parchment paper so you don't have to grease it.

(1 c.) 2 cups butter or margarine
(1 c,) 2 cups white sugar
(1 c.) 2 cups brown sugar
(½. Tsp.) 1 tsp vanilla

(2 eggs) 4 eggs

(2 c.) 4 cups flour
(¼ tsp.) 1/2 tsp salt
(1 tsp.) 2 tsps baking powder (optional)
(1tsp.) 2 tsp baking soda

(1 c.) 2 cups oatmeal
(1 c.) 2 cups corn or bran flakes
(1 c.) 2 cups chopped pecans
(½ c. ) 1 cup flake coconut (optional)
(½ pkg.) 1 pkg 12 oz chocolate pieces
(½ c.) 1 cup raisins
(½ pkg.) 1 pkg peanut butter chips

In a very large mixing bowl, beat the butter/margarine, salt, sugars and vanilla together until blended.

Add eggs and beat until smooth.

In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.

Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture and stir well.
Stir in remaining ingredients in order listed.

Refrigerate 3 hours so cookie will hold it's shape if the batter is chilled. Then bake.

Drop cookie with 1/4 cup measure ( like an ice cream scoop) onto lightly greased cookie sheet and bake as above.

This recipe is very flexible, if you don't like one of the ingredients, leave it out and add something else. For instance, skip the peanut butter chips and use white and dark chocolate, two kinds of nuts instead of one.
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This makes a big container to last the whole retreat or meeting or guild. It's a lot and I have no idea how to shrink it so freeze dough and use when ready will work.

Judy brings these to Project Linus and retreats. Major sugar fix.

Makes 3-4 dozen extra large cookies. Hence Texas COw CHips. LOL