(from Joanne Fluke’s “Cream Puff Murder”)

1 cup butter,  melted

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

½ teaspoon salt

1½ teaspoons baking soda

2 large eggs, beaten

2½ cups flour

1 cup dried sweetened blueberries (other dried fruit)

2 cups dry rolled oats, grind in blender

Add sugar to melted butter and mix thoroughly.

Add the vanilla, salt, and the baking soda. Mix it in well.

When the mixture has cooled to room temperature, stir in the beaten eggs. When they are fully incorporated, add the flour in half-cup increments, stirring after each addition.

Mix in the dried blueberries.

Add the ground rolled oats and mix thoroughly. The resulting cookie dough will be quite stiff.

Roll walnut-sized dough balls with your hands, and place them on a greased cookie sheet, 12 balls to a standard-size sheet. (If the dough is too sticky to roll, place the bowl in the refrigerator for thirty minutes and try again.) Squish the dough balls down a bit.

Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown on top.

Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, and then remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Yield: 6 to 7 dozen