Chocolate Chip and Sunflower Seed Cookies

• 1/2 cup soft butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, unsifted
• 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
• 1 pkg (6-oz) semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup hulled sunflower seeds, unsalted
• 1/2 cup sweetened, shredded coconut

Cream together butter and sugar; add egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy. In another bowl stir together the flour, wheat germ, soda and salt. Add to butter mixture; mix until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, sunflower seeds and coconut. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to a rack to cool.

Yield: 4 dozen cookies