Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies With Pecans And Cherries Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH CHERRIES AND PECANS

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, white sugar, butter, and shortening in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in egg, vanilla extract, and molasses on low speed. Gradually add flour mixture and blend until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips, cherries, and pecans with a wooden spoon. Cover and place in the refrigerator until well chilled, at least 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
• Roll dough into scant 1/4-cup-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on the edges and slightly underdone in the middles, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with sea salt. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, so cookies can continue to cook, before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES WITH PECANS AND CHERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk oats, flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of mixture. Add eggs and oil to well; whisk eggs and oil inside well to combine.
• Using a wooden spoon or a silicone spatula, stir oat mixture and egg mixture until combined. Stir in cherries, pecans, and chopped chocolate.
• Roll dough evenly into 24 balls (about 1¾ inches each). Arrange balls at least 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Note: The dough may feel crumbly; just give it an extra squeeze to form the cookies. They'll bake perfectly in the oven.
• Bake until tops and edges of cookies are set and no longer glossy, 9 to 10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack. Serve warm or let cool completely, about 1 hour.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter in large bowl. MIx in sugars, egg, milk and vanilla. Mix on high speed about 1 minute.
• Sift together flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda and stir into butter mixture.
• When smooth, stir in chocolate chips, oats and nuts with wooden spoon.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart, and bake about 10 - 15 minutes until firm.
• Makes about 5 1/2 doz cookies.

CHOCOLATE-CHUNK OATMEAL COOKIES WITH PECANS AND DRIED CHERRIES

Steps:

• I baked the cookies only one tray at a time so I cannot vouch for the method of baking two at a time. But if you would like to bake two trays at a time adjust oven racks to upper and lower middle positions.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line 2 large (18 x 12) baking sheets with parchment paper. If you do not have this size, you will need to use 3.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
• In second medium bowl, stir together, oats, pecans, cherries and chocolate.
• In a standing mixer fitted with flat beater, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until no sugar lumps remain, about 1 minute.
• Scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula; add egg and vanilla and beat on medium-low speed until fully incorporated, about 30 seconds.
• Scrape down bowl; with mixer running at low speed, add flour mixture; mix until just combined, about 30 seconds.
• With mixer still running on low, gradually add oat/nut mixture; mix until just incorporated.
• Give dough final stir with rubber spatula to ensure that no flour pockets remain and ingredients are evenly distributed.
• Divide dough evenly into 16 portions; about 1/4 cup each.
• Roll between palms into balls about 2 inches in diameter; stagger 8 balls on each baking sheet, spacing about 2 1/2 inches apart.
• Using hands, gently press each dough ball into 1 inch thickness. Bake both sheets 12 minutes, rotate them front to back and top to bottom, then continue to bake until cookies are medium brown and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft (cookies will seem underdone and will appear raw, wet and shiny in cracks), 8 to 10 minutes longer. (I baked each cookie tray individually for 18 minutes). Do Not Over Bake.
• Cool cookies on baking sheets on wire rack 5 minutes; using wide metal spatual, transfer cookies to wire rack and cool to room tempature.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHERRY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in cherries and chocolate chips., Drop by scant 1/4 cupfuls 3 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 14-16 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing from baking sheets to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES WITH CHERRIES + PECANS +++

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• 1. Use parchment paper or a silpat* to line several standard baking sheets and set aside.
• In a bowl, sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• 2.In another bowl combine the oats, pecans, walnuts, Raisin Bran, coconut, dried cherries and chocolate.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a whisk and a strong arm, cream together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Slowly add the egg and vanilla, and beat until incorporated.
• 3. Gently sift, or with the mixer down to low, add the flour mixture to the bowl. Stir until just combined. Finally incorporate the oats, nuts, fruit and chocolate. Do not overmix.
• 4. Roll these portions lightly between your hands in about 1/4 cup portions, then place on each baking sheet, spaced evenly. You can make them small, but adjust your baking time a few minutes less. Wet your hands and lightly press the dough to a 1-inch thickness.
• sprinkle with sea salt as you put into the oven.
• Bake the cookies, two trays at a time, in a preheated oven for 12 minutes. Rotate the trays top to bottom and back to front and bake for another 5 minutes or until the cookies are uniformly golden, but still wet in the middle. They should appear slightly undercooked.
• 5. Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.