Ingredients
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
8 each marshmallows
1 tbsp water
3/4 cup sifted flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking sodaa
1/2 cup softened butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 each egg
2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup quick cooking oats
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheet. Melt chocolate chips
in top of double boiler over hot water. Add marshmallows and water.
Stir until melted. Remove from heat and set aside. 2. Sift together
already sifted flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Slowly blend
butter, brown sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla into sifted
ingredients. Mix well. Stir oats, pecans and melted chocolate into
batter. Blend thoroughly. 3. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches
apart onto prepared cookie sheet.
Bake 12-15 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet immediately and cool an
rack. shake off excess Bits 'o Brickle.from: _Cookiemania_ from:
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Servings: 48 servings
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