Chocolate Chip Cookie w/Oats and Coconut

A chewy cookie with "yummy stuff" inside...



INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 and 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons 2% milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (can omit if you use salted butter)
• 3 cups rolled oats (I used old-fashioned oats)
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 cup shredded coconut

DIRECTIONS:

1.  Preheat oven to 350-375 degrees (depend on your own oven).  I used 350-degrees.
2. With an electric mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth.
3.  Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the milk and vanilla.
4.  Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed sugar mixture and blend well.
5.  Stir in the oats, chocolate chips, walnuts and coconut until evenly distributed.  
6.  Drop by rounded tablespoons onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
7.  For the first batch, bake for about 13 minutes and then check; you may have to add another minute (depending on your own oven).
8.  Cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack.  Cool completely and then store in a Zip-Lock bag, etc.  These freeze well.