Alice Seuffert, creator of Dining with Alice is giving Twin Cities Live viewers one of her most popular cookie recipes. These cookies are monstrously big and delicious for Day 7 of 12 Days of Cookies presented by Bridgeman’s Ice Cream. 

Alice’s Favorite Cookie Baking Tools (From Alice’s Amazon store)

• Adjustable Measuring Cup for Sticky Ingredients 
• Cookie Scoop Set  
• Silicone Baking Mats 

Holiday Monster Cookies

Ingredients:

4 cups Oatmeal
1 cup Flour
2 tsp Baking Soda
3/4 cup (12 TB) of Salted Butter
¾ cup Brown Sugar
¾ cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
2 eggs (room temperature)
1 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup Shredded Coconut
1 cup M&M chocolate Holiday candies
1 cup Ghirardelli 60% cacao/chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Mix oatmeal, flour, and baking soda together and set aside.
3. Cream butter, brown sugar, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time. Add peanut butter. Gradually add in oatmeal mixture and mix until combined. Add coconut, M&Ms, and chocolate chips.
4. For Monster-size cookies, use a 1/2 cup measuring cup per cookie and adjust the baking time.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes for cookies based on how chewy you like the cookies.
6. You can also make these into bars by putting the batter into a 9×13 glass pan and baking for 24 minutes.