Recipe: Gold Mine Nuggets Cookies (1980's)

GOLD MINE NUGGETS COOKIES

These cookies are chewy and moist, with a chocolate flavor. The "gold"
comes from canned crushed pineapple stirred right into the batter, along with oats, walnuts, cinnamon and chocolate chips.

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 (8.25 oz) can crushed pineapple with liquid
1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 (6 oz) package chocolate chips

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in egg and undrained pineapple.

Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; stir into pineapple mixture with nuts and chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake in 350 degrees F oven for 12 to 15-minutes.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Source: Merced, CA - Sun-Star newspaper, May 4, 1988