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Dad’s Kitchen Sink Cookies

One of my favorite parts of going home is that my dad always makes me his famous kitchen sink cookies. They’ve evolved over the years. What started as basic oatmeal chocolate chip cookies have turned into something way more delicious and I seriously start craving them the second I hop on a plane to Seattle.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time31 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 48 cookies
Author: Gaby Dalkin

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 ½ cups old fashioned oats pulverized
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup M&M's
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 cup chopped dried apricots

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
  • In a large stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until fluffy.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides in between additions. Add the vanilla and incorporate.
  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, pulverized oats (just measure 2 ½ cups of oats and blend them in a high powered blender for a few seconds to break them down), baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix everything together. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in 2 batches and mix on a low speed.
  • Add the M&M's, chocolate chips, dried cranberries and dried apricot and mix for a few seconds until just incorporated.
  • Using a medium sized cookie scoop, place 12 balls of dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Transfer the baking sheet into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes depending on how chewy you want your cookies. I'm a 10.5 minute kind of cookie baker.
  • Remove the cookies from the oven once they are baked and let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack.
  • Freeze them as needed so you always have some on hand :)

Notes

  • Keep these cookies in the freezer for when the craving hits!
  • Feel free to swap out the additions, just keep it to about 4 cups total.

Nutrition

Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 85mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 237IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg