Kitchen Sink Cookie

Toasting & Candying Nuts: Break the nuts into a few pieces by hand or with a large knife. When candying them, I prefer to break them by hand and have less “nut dust”. Have all items at the ready, including the dinner plate and stirring spoon when you begin this part. Put the nuts into a small, dry, frying pan over medium high heat and cook until they begin to toast. Be sure to stir the nuts as you cook. BEWARE: Nuts will go from toasted to burned quite quickly. When they begin to toast, lower the heat to medium and dump on the brown sugar and mix quickly. When I say quickly – I mean it will burn super fast so stir like hell and pour the contents out onto a plate immediately to b

In a mixer, cream the butter. Add the sugars and mix well. Add the eggs (including the additional 3rd yolk) and vanilla and mix on medium speed until the batter is fluffy. Add the flour a little at a time until all is well blended. After the flour is mixed in, add the coconut followed by the oatmeal, mixing between additions. Finally, add the butterscotch chips, pumpkin seeds and candied pecans and give it a quick mix.

TIP: When I add the flour to the mixer, even though I have a splatter shield, I place a towel over the mixer to help keep the flour from invading the entire kitchen.