Oatmeal, Apricot & Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 apricots
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups oats
• 3/4 cup plain whole meal flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 chocolate baking bar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to a moderate temperature.
• 2 cut the 6 apricots into quarters, then half the quarters.
• 3 spread out on a baking tray and sprinkle with sugar, making sure they're all covered.
• 4 pop into the oven for about 15 minutes. keep an eye on them so they don't burn and when they're soft enough, break them up slightly and allow to cool.
• 5 mix the oats, flour, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
• 6 using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
• 7 add both sugars and beat until well blended.
• 8 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 9 stir in the dry ingredients.
• 10 roughly break up the chocolate and add to the mixture.
• 11 add the apricots and mix well.
• 12 place the mixture on a baking tray in cookie sized shapes (about two spoonfuls of the mixture per cookie).
• 13 put the tray in the oven and bake for about 10-15 minutes, until they're golden and dry to touch.
• 14 take out and allow to cool before eating them all because they're so tasty ;).