Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

[Steven Blaski]

Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

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INGREDIENTS

• 2 sticks (8 oz.) unsalted butter, softened
  
• 1 c light brown sugar
  
• 1/2 c white sugar
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
  
• 1-1/2 c all-purpose unbleached flour (dip & sweep to measure)
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1 tsp baking powder
  
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  
• 1/2 tsp cinammon
  
• 3 c rolled oats
  
• 1 c (6 oz.) dried cherries
  
• 1 c (6 oz.) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips/chunks
  
• 1 c pecans, toasted then coarsely chopped
  

Preheat the oven to 350°. In the bowl of an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter, then add both sugars, and the vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer on medium-low, add the eggs one at a time, beating 20 seconds after each addition. Scrape down bowl then beat for a few seconds more.

Into a medium bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cinammon. Add sifted ingredients to the butter-egg mixture. With a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix until blended. Stir in oats, cherries, chocolate, and nuts till evenly blended.

Form dough into balls about 2 inches in diameter (an ice cream scoop is handy here) and place onto parchment-lined cookie sheets.

Bake 14 to 17 minutes, until the bottom edges are just browned.

Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.

Makes about two dozen large cookies

Keywords: Cookie

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