Kitchen sink cookies are chewy oatmeal cookies, loaded with peanut butter, coconut, chocolate candies, pretzels, and raisins. You know, everything but the kitchen sink!
I wish I had some divine words of epiphany for you today. I don't. I'm still recovering from my weekend, haven't sat down for more than five minutes, am writing this far later than I would like to admit and have a mountain of laundry to move before I can begin to find my pj's or pillow. Handsome and I over booked ourselves all weekend long and even into tonight, had company over, without realized that he starts school again tomorrow. So much for cuddle time. 😉
But hey, kitchen sink cookies fix all troubles!
Kitchen Sink Cookies
Discovered on Smells like Home adapted from Blue-Eyed Bakers via Annie’s Eats
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sweetened coconut
- 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ⅓ cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teas baking soda
- 1 teas pure vanilla extract
- ½ teas salt
- 4 ½ cups oats, quick-cooking or old fashioned
- 1 ¼ cups pretzel M&Ms
- ¾ cup chocolate chunks
- ½ cup raisins
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and sprinkle coconut evenly across. Bake for 8 minutes, flip coconut over with a spatula and bake for another 3-5 minutes. Be careful not to burn the coconut, which can happen in moments if you walk away at this point. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand held mixer and some muscles, combine the sugars, peanut butter and butter. Beat on medium-high speed until well blended. Mix in the eggs one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the baking soda, vanilla, and salt, mix to combine. Adjust the speed to low and add the oats, mixing until just incorporated. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and with a rubber spatula fold in the pretzel M&Ms, chocolate chunks, raisins, and cooled toasted coconut.
Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving a couple of inches between each dough ball. Bake 8-11 minutes, until light golden and just set, being careful not to overbake. Let cool on the baking sheets 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
I know its bad to not bring your A game to every post. I know there are a slew of real bloggers that would put their noses high in the air over this one, but sometimes, kitchen sink cookies are just going to have to do.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
I love a good "throw it all together" cookie. Mostly in my belly.
Belinda @zomppa says
Sounds like a great weekend! And these cookies need to GET IN MY BELLY!
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
Cookies make everything better. I hope you can slow down this week.
Kiri W. says
If it's got coconut, I'll eat it. Scratch that and make it hoover it up.
What makes kitchen sink cookies kitchen sink cookies? *asks the non-American*
Kita says
Its the fact that you can really throw anything in these to suit what you may have in your pantry. "Everything but the kitchen sink."
Laurie {Simply Scratch} says
These are awesome Kita! I love the coconut and oatmeal combo!
Erin says
Hey sometimes life happens, at least you got a post up! And a yummy one at that. I have piles of clean laundry still lying around my room from doing laundry yesterday. I'll put it away eventually.
Kaitlin says
I have a feeling these cookies might help with some of the stress you're feeling 🙂 They look delicious!
Colleen Bierstine says
This is my kind of cookie! What's better than stuffing them with all things delicious? It's hard keeping up a blog when life gets busy. Classes start again Thursday for me and I'm barely gonna have time to breathe. But we keep on posting anyway!
RavieNomNoms says
I hear ya! I am having a ridiculously busy week too! I hope you get to slow down a bit soon to enjoy these amazing cookies!
Kristen says
I like what's in your kitchen sink! Those sounds like gobsnocious cookies. So yum!!!
Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray says
Um, don't even. These scream "A game" to me. Since when is a comfort cookie not on everyone's A-list?!
Dionne Baldwin says
You are a real blogger and epiphany or not I have your back. (It's better than not posting at all 🙁 which does happen.)
These are my fave cookies I love being able to toss anything in there that fits my current mood or craving!
Susie says
These cookies look so good. I love everything you put in them. YUM
Chef Dennis says
hey any blogger that put's their nose up in the air over your post, isn't a blogger worth following! What a great cookie, and the fact that you thought to post at all says a lot! I have been trying to be good, but now you have me craving those cookies....sigh
Nessie says
No such thing as "just a cookie" kita!! And blog snobs are not cool so bah humbug to them! Isn't it crazy how some weekends are so busy you are *almost* looking forward to the working week for things to get back in to routine. Almost being the operative word there. Hope your next weekend is more cruisy x
Steph@stephsbitebybite says
Don't tell my hubby....but sometimes I'd take cookies over cuddling 😉 Especially when they have EVERYTHING in them!!
Geraldine Saucier says
What great looking cookies. I love that they have pretzel M&M's.
Maggie @ Vittles and Bits says
Haha I totally have those moments too... you must have spent all your brain power thinking of what else to put in these delicious-looking cookies!
Julie @ Sugarfoot Eats says
Yum yum yum!!! Don't get down on this post...it's great & we love your blog!
Stephanie says
Just one question: how do you ass oats? 😉
Kita says
lol, great question 😀
Becky says
I love cookies, and yours look so good, with "everything, but the kitchen sink." I haven't made these in ages. Thanks for sharing. Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging.
Congrats on the Top 9 today!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
These look fabulous to me! And congrats on the Top 9! Sometimes, just a cookie is all you need to succeed 🙂
Liam Gibbons @ "Is butter a carb?" says
These look and sound DUH-licious! I've eaten about 30 cookies in the past two days and don't think I should make anymore for a while 🙁
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says
Sometimes cookies are enough! Especially when they are this good!
alyce at culinary thymes says
love the pics. love cookies with m&m's too!
Jenny (vintagesugarcube) says
Kita,
You're fabulous and those are MY kinda cookies.
Kim - Liv Life says
I've really, really been trying to slow down on the sweets after the holidays, but one does need a good cookie now and then. And this baby has everything in it that I love! Very Top 9ish.... nicely done!!!
nicole says
I love cookies like this. they remind me of my trail mix cookies. I love them since they seem to satisfy any craving