1 cup margarine
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup boiling water
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
3 cups crushed cornflakes cereal
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup waxed paper
1 cup chopped pecans
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Beat in cornstarch and pumpkin pie spice. Mix in eggs, pumpkin pie spice and oil. Stir in instant coffee granules, cornflake cereal, chocolate chips and pecans. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until very light. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then turn out onto cookie sheets. Cool completely on wire rack.