Trail Mix Muffin Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 cups chopped nuts (any combination) or 3 cups dried fruit (any combination) or 3 cups baking chips (any combination)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*f; spray a 24-muffin mini muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, combine the melted butter and the two sugars and mix at medium speed until well blended; add the eggs and vanilla and continue mixing until the batter looks smooth and creamy.
• 3 in another large mixing bowl, combine the flour, oats and cinnamon; pour the batter over the dry ingredients and mix at low speed until well blended; stir in the 3 cups of fruit/nut/chips.
• 4 fill each muffin cup with batter (a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop is perfect for this).
• 5 bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are brown and the tops look dry.
• 6 allow muffin cookies to cool for a few minutes before loosening with a knife and gently removing to a rack.
• 7 if you try to remove them too soon, they will crumble!
• 8 repeat steps 4 to 6 until all the dough is used.
• 9 rinse muffin tin and re-spray with cooking spray between each batch.