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4th of July: Chewy Red, White, and Blue Cookies

Source of Recipe

Southern Living, July 2003


Recipe Introduction

Bring your favorite chewy chocolate-chip cookies to your Fourth of July cookout, only dress them appropriately in red, white, and blue candies! They will fit right in.

List of Ingredients

# 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
# 1 cup sugar
# 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
# 3 large eggs
# 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
# 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
# 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
# 4 1/2 cups uncooked regular oats
# 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels


Recipe

Beat sugars and butter at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and next 3 ingredients, beating until combined. Stir in oats and remaining ingredients.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake, in batches, at 350� for 15 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Note: For testing purposes only, we used red, white, and blue M&Ms which can be found in grocery stores in July.

YIELD 5 Dozen