Pvt Butter

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
*cream these together first. Dissolve the sugar and butter before adding the next ingredients

1 egg
1/4 tsp almond extract
*add to butter mixture

in another bowl, mix together dry ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
*with a mixer on low, gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture, beating till well mixed.

with a wooden spoon stir in:
1 cup quick-coooking rolled oats
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped marashino cherries
1/2 cup coconut

drop dough by rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

bake in 375 oven 8-10 minute or until golden. Cool for 1 minute then immediately remove and cool on a cooling rack. If you don't take them off the sheet after a minute, they'll keep cooking and may become too crispey!