Mrs. Fields Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:
1 c. butter
1 c. white sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 Tbls. vanilla
2 1/2 c. rolled oats
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
6 oz. chocolate chips
1/2 c. walnuts
1/2 c. shredded coconuts
6 oz. mini M&Ms

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla until smooth and fluffy. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. In a food processor, blend oatmeal until fine.  Add to flour mixture. Stir butter mixture into dry mixture.  Blend well. Add goodies and stir till blended.  Roll into golf ball size and bake for 8-10 minutes.  You do not want to over bake these cookies.

Note:  I got this from Grandmary

Chocolate Icing

Ingredients:

1 cube butter
3 Tbls. c ocoa
1/2 c. milk
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt.

Directions:

Melt the first three ingredients together in the microwave. Stir in the last three ingredients.

Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 ripe bananas
• 1 & 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cup flour
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 & 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup miracle whip

Directions 

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, Miracle Whip, and vanilla.
3. Add: flour, soda, salt; mix.
4. Add: water gradually as you mix, then nuts.
5. If batter seems too thin you may want to add some more flour.
6. Bake in greased and floured Bundt cake pan until golden brown and pulling away from edges of pan.

** Makes good muffins too.

Cereal Candy

Ingredients

• 18oz box Golden Grahams
• 6 cups Rice Chex
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 cups mini marshmallows
• 7oz bag of coconut (I toast mine lightly in the oven)
• 3 sticks butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds (I toast mine lightly in the oven)

if you are alergic to almonds you can substitute it for pecans or walnuts

Directions

1. Mix cereal, nuts, coconut in large bowl.
2. Boil sugar, butter, and marshmallows in saucepan for three minutes.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Pour mixture over cereal mix.
6. Toss lightly until combined.
7.  Cool on waxed paper.
8.  Store covered tightly.