#2861 - Coconut Pretzel Cookies

(by Kim [Knecht] Bickel - friend)

1 cup softened butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups miniature pretzels (coarsely broken)
1 1/2 cups Baker's angelflake coconut
1 1/2 cups M&Ms candies (plain, NOT peanut)

In a mixer add butter, white sugar and brown sugar--beat. Add eggs and vanilla--beat. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add broken pretzel pieces, coconut and M&Ms--stir with a wooden spoon until mixed. Drop by spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool slightly before removing cookies from cookie sheets, then place them on paper towels to cool.