Chocolate Pretzel Cookies

If you are looking for a good cookie recipe that is a bit different than others, here is one to try! These are Chocolate Pretzel Cookies, and they contain quite a few not so typical ingredients. They are certainly unique, but very good! Pretzel pieces actually work very well in cookies, especially when you add some chocolate to the mix!

Chocolate Pretzel Cookies 

1 cup butter

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated (white) sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups all-purpose (plain) flour

1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup oats

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup mini pretzels, broken up

1/2 cup crisp rice cereal

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and chunks

Preheat oven to 375◦F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla.

In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, coconut, oats, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture. Stir in the pretzels, cereal, and chocolate.

Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough about 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until just set. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing. 

I found this recipe in a magazine. The only change I made was I added in some chopped mini milk chocolate bars, because I only had chocolate chips and not chocolate chips and chunks. You could use just chocolate chips, but adding the chocolate bar filled the cookies with two types of chocolate and added a little more variety. Also, I found the recipe made 40 cookies, although the yield was 30 cookies, and I thought I was making my cookies big at that. They also spread out and flattened quite a bit, which made them nice and crisp.