Apricot Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons granular fructose (optional)
• 1 egg, large duck egg preferred
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 3 ounces chocolate baking bar, chopped
• 1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 beat butter, sugar and brown sugar in large bowl until fluffy. add egg and beat well.
• 3 sift flour and baking powder and salt together. mix flour into butter/sugar/egg mixture and blend well.
• 4 stir in oats, apricots, chocolate chunks, and pecans, if using.
• 5 using a cookie scoop, drop rounds of dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. flatten slightly.
• 6 bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned; do not overbake.
• 7 cool 1 to 2 minutes on pan then remove to a cooling rack.