Categories: Cookies, Chocolate, Fruits 
      Yield: 84 servings 
  
           Preheat oven to 350~ 
      1 c  Butter/marg, softened 
    3/4 c  Sugar 
    3/4 c  Brown sugar, packed 
      2    Eggs 
      1 ts Vanilla extract 
  1 1/2 c  Flour 
      2 c  Granola (i like the kind 
           With fruit added) 
      1 c  Rolled oats 
      1 ts Baking powder 
    1/4 ts Salt 
      1 c  Raisins 
      1 c  Semi-sweet chocolate chips 
  
  Cream butter and sugars together well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add 
  vanilla. 
   
  Add remaining ingrediants (it works best if the are mixed together first). 
  Drop by spoonfulls (a mechanical ice cream scoop works well) onto a greased 
  (or with parchment paper) cookie sheet. Bake at 350~F (180C) oven for 10-12 
  minutes. 
   
  Options: substitute the chocolate chips for the same amount in dark 
  chocolate bars ("Burnt Almond" is my favourite) cut in to chunks. 
  :       Add candied cherries, sprinkles etc. 
   
  Recipe submitted by Mary Lou Kakanowski. From the Jean Pare's Companys 
  Coming Cookies book.