"Trash Cookies"

This afternoon, my son and I made cookies.  They were "trash" cookies, to be exact.  The concept seems to be that the cookies contain everything but the kitchen sink!  I originally found this recipe on a blog by Monster Mama.

The ingredients that you will need are listed below.

• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1 c butter, softened
• 3/4 c sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 c brown sugar
• 1 c choc chips
• 1/2 c each of your trash

Preheat the oven to 375°. 

Stir baking soda, salt, and flour in a small bowl; set aside.  In a large bowl, mix brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter and vanilla. Adding the eggs one at a time, continue mixing well.  Gradually add in the flour mixture.  

As usual, I didn't read the directions completely. Ben and I mixed the dry goods in the large bowl, beat the butter mixture in the small bowl, and added the wet mixture to the dry mixture.  It's basically the same thing, just backwards!

Add in chocolate chips and whatever trash you choose to use.  Our trash consisted of M&Ms, Rolos, pecans, and pretzels.

My assistant EATING some of our trash! :)

*Notice, we're using the nifty "recipe holder" trick

that I found on Pinterest.

Drop the dough by tablespoons onto an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake for 9-11 minutes. 

We lightly sprayed our baking sheets with cooking spray, and we baked the cookies for about 15 minutes.  We allowed the cookies to cool on the baking sheets and removed them with a spatula.

As usual, the clean-up crew was on duty!

They tasted a lot better than they looked.  The second sheet actually looked better; but, of course, I forgot to take a picture.  Next time, I will try making the cookies smaller, try leaving the pretzels out, and try adding Reese's Pieces.

Maybe they'll turn out prettier next time!