Preparation Time

30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 cup rolled oates
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon Kahlua (optional)
• 6 oz baking m&m's (can also use 1 cup of raisins, semisweet or milk chocolate chips)

Directions

• preheat oven to 350.
• in a small bowl, mix together flour, oatmeal, baking soda and salt.
• in a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
• beat in egg, vanilla, and Kahlua until well blended.
• add flour mixture and beat until well blended.
• stir in m&m's with a wooden spoon.
• drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet (tip - a lot of kitchen stores sell dough scoopers which look like small ice cream scoopers - these are great!)
• bake 10 to 12 minutes
• let stand 2 minutes, then remove to a rack and let cool completely