Oatmeal Cookies With Dried Apricots And Chocolate

Total Time: 56 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 8 ounces unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 8 ounces chocolate, chopped
• 7 ounces dried apricots, chopped (1 1/2 cups)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 mix flour, oatmeal and baking soda in a medium bowl.
• 3 cream butter and sugars with a mixer until light and fluffy. reduce speed to low. add salt, vanilla and eggs and beat until well combined.
• 4 stir in chocolate and apricots.
• 5 cover and refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes.
• 6 drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
• 7 bake until cookies are golden brown around the edges but still soft in the center, 14-16 minutes.
• 8 let cookies cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes.
• 9 transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.
• 10 cookies will keep, covered, for up to a week.