Chewy Oatmeal Fruit Cookies

Cream together:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup margarine

Add:
2 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla

Sift:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

Add to the creamed mixture, blending well. Add 4 cups uncooked oatmeal, blending well. Grind together:
1 cup raisins
1 cup pitted dates
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 cup coconut

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 minutes at 325*. It is normal for cookies to fall some after taken out of oven. Grinding the dates and raisins together is important. Cutting them won't do; the cookies won't taste the same.