{"id":4561,"date":"2011-03-01T20:23:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4561"},"modified":"2011-03-01T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:23:51","slug":"trail-mix-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/01\/trail-mix-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Mix Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trail mix is one of my favorite snacks. \u00a0I am not active enough to really need<\/em> the calories and nutritional value it provides, but it’s still not as bad as chowing down on a bag of potato chips, right? \u00a0Right…<\/p>\n

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Not only is trail mix delicious, but it’s an easy snack to take along with you, and we almost always have a bag (or a few bags) of it in our house. \u00a0I was planning to make cookies for a trip we took to Angel Fire this past weekend. \u00a0My original plan was oatmeal raisin, but then I thought I’d use the trail mix instead. \u00a0Pure genius.<\/p>\n

The trail mix I buy for Ben can be found at Sam’s Club, but when I don’t feel like going to Sam’s just for a bag of the stuff I buy it at Wal Mart. \u00a0It is a perfect mix of peanuts, almonds, cashews, raisins and M&M’s.<\/p>\n

I used a simple oatmeal raisin cookie base, but instead of the cup of raisins I measured out 1 1\/2 cups of trail mix, chopped up the larger almonds and cashews and stirred it in to the dough. \u00a0I added a few dark chocolate M&M’s I had left over from Valentine’s Day just to be sure there was enough chocolate in there : )<\/p>\n

The combination of peanuts, raisins, M&M’s, almonds and cashews was terrific. \u00a0The final product was hearty and delicious. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Trail Mix Cookies<\/h5>\n

Ingredients<\/p>\n

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  • 1 stick butter<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup shortening<\/li>\n
  • 1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n
  • 2 eggs<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n
  • 1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n
  • 3 cups oats<\/li>\n
  • 1 1\/2 to 2 cups trail mix, larger nuts chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Directions<\/p>\n

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    1. Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.<\/li>\n
    2. Beat butter and shortening until smooth, then beat in both sugars, then eggs until light.<\/li>\n
    3. Add in vanilla.<\/li>\n
    4. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.<\/li>\n
    5. Stir in oats and trail mix until well combined.<\/li>\n
    6. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto cookie sheets.<\/li>\n
    7. Bake for 8-10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n