Instructions: Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugars, butter, egg, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add flour, oats, coconut, baking soda and salt. Mix until soft dough forms. Do not over mix. Stir in nuts, chips and apricots.

Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 7 to 10 minutes until light golden brown.

This recipe can easily be varied by changing the nuts and dried fruit. Mix and match dried cranberries, figs, candied orange rind or lemon, and cherries with chopped walnuts, almonds, cashews or hazelnuts.

Makes three dozen. It also can be doubled.

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