1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
2 (1 oz. ea.) sq. unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup coconut flakes
3 cups quick-cooking oats

Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan. Add sugar and milk. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and blend in vanilla, chopped nuts and coconut flakes. Fold in oats.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

Note: These cookies are best eaten the day you make them.

Makes 8 dozen cookies.