Trashy

I think that food is awesome. It can be mere 'chew and swallow' fare but why... why would anyone do that to themselves? Life is simply too short not to enjoy small, daily pleasures. Having said that, I refuse to believe that daily, 'pop-food' (my own phrase, just created to mirror the term 'pop-culture') cannot have a place in our food repertoire and subsequently our tummies! This recipe is really just one step away from using cheez-whiz to make cheese sauce or with celery sticks. Agh! Who cares, sometimes trashy food is fun, necessary and (yes, I'll say it) fulfilling. With these cookies Rice Crispies adds just the right amount of crunch... totally necessary!

These drop cookies can be bent and adapted in any way you wish really. Ex. you could use M&M's or Smarties instead of chocolate chips. You could add raisins (which I've done on many occasions - I just don't have any in the pantry right now) or nuts - by a handful or two. Let's face it, these are drop cookies not souflees, play at will.

Oatmeal/Chocolate Chip/Rice Crispies/Raisin/Nut... etc. Cookies.

1 cup butter (unsalted)

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups of All Purpose unbleached flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 cups rolled oats

1 1/2 cups rice crispies

1 cup chocolate chips/raisins or combo of both

handful (or two) of walnuts or pecans

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together butter and sugar. Once blended add egg and vanilla: mix and blend thoroughly. Separately, blend flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon. Once blended, add to wet mixture. Once blended, add the rolled oats, rice crispies and chocolate chips, raisins etc.

drop in smallish spoonful's onto a prepared baking sheet (I use a silicon baking pad) for 8 - 10 min.