Christmas time is the perfect excuse to bake a ton of different cookies. I wanted to make something festive looking and tasting for my family, so I took a traditional oatmeal chocolate chip cookie (which happens to be my favorite) and added in dried cherries and toasted pecans. These are loaded with goodness!
Ingredients:
1 cup pecans
1 cup dried cherries
1 1/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temp
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a pan over med-low heat, toast the pecans for a few minutes until fragrant, stirring occasionally. Remove to a cutting board.
Chop up the toasted pecans and the cherries into small pieces.
Place the pecans, cherries, oats, and chocolate chips in a medium bowl.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar until combined. Add the egg and vanilla, and mix until fully incorporated. Add in the flour mixture a little at a time until just combined. Fold in the oat mixture, and mix until everything is evenly incorporated.
Spoon dough balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 15 - 18 minutes depending on size of dough balls, or until lightly golden on the edges.
Let cool on the baking sheet for a couple minutes then remove to wire rack.
Happy holiday baking : )
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