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I like to be healthy don’t you? And part of being healthy is having good mental health, right? Like the kind of mental health that comes from eating these cookies, which are stuffed with a ton of chocolate. There seems to be some confusion among health practitioners and a few other unwise persons, that once a woman hits post menopause, chocolate is not as important to her overall view of the world as it was when she was experiencing PMS on a monthly schedule. Nothing could be further from the truth and the sooner you all realize this, the better it will be for your overall life expectancy. Near as I can tell, I just have PMS all the time now, without those pesky weeks of sanity that used to break things up just a few years ago. So, I made up these cookies. And because I do like to at least try to eat like I should, I have included several ingredients that are sure to increase your years on this earth – which will make you very happy because you will be around longer to eat more of these cookies.
Here are some of the very healthy ingredients:
And my very favorite healthy ingredient:If you watch Alton Brown on the Food Network, you know A.B. would never make cookies without his heavy steel pans,, parchment paper and disher. You can click on those links and get yourself some way cool baking stuff – and yes I do make a few cents if you buy from the links. Mostly I am just showing off though. I love restaurant quality kitchen supplies.
So here is the recipe:
Preheat the oven to 350°
Cream together until fluffy
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 & 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract

Beat in, one at a time
2 large eggs

Dump in and mix until thoroughly combined
2 cups all purpose unbleached flour
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 12 oz package dark chocolate chips
1 cup walnut pieces
1 cup raisins
1 cup sweetened flake coconut

I used a 2 tablespoon/medium sized disher and ended up with 4 dozen cookies.See how nice and neat they look? Using the disher keeps them all the same size and they come out nice and round. With the parchment paper, you don’t have to grease the pans and cleanup is very easy too.Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, turning pans after 6 minutes. Remove to cooling racks immediately. And then you can eat themAnd your face might even look like this when they tell you that you can’t have any more until after dinner.Except, being post menopausal, I am a grownup and I can have them whenever I want. You’re a grownup, right? You can have all you want too!