Piña Colada Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe is a keeper for sure and set my imagination free on what else can be done to an ordinary run of the mill oatmeal cookie recipe.

(Adapted from Quaker Oats’ Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe)

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup (1 stick) plus 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3/4  cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2  cup granulated sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1& 1/2 teaspoons rum extract
• 1& 1/2 teaspoons coconut extract
• 1-1/2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2  teaspoon salt
• 3  cups oats
• 1  cup shredded coconut
• 1& 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried chopped pineapple

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• Cream butter and sugars together in a mixer.
• Add the eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Beat in extracts.
• Add flour mixture.
• Mix in coconut, then the oats then the chocolate chips.
• Using a tablespoon, form balls of dough and place on cookie sheets
• Bake 8-10 minutes until the edges and tops are slightly brown (leave in a few minutes more if you like them less chewy)
• Remove from oven and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.