Bonnie Sterns Extra Large Apricot Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

BONNIE STERN'S EXTRA-LARGE APRICOT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter until light, then beat in brown and white sugars.
• Add egg, water and vanilla and mix in.
• In a large bowl combine flour with baking soda and salt; stir in rolled oats; stir into batter.
• Add apricots.
• Using 3 tbsp batter for each cookie, place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Flatten cookies and bake in preheated 350F oven for 14 to 17 minutes.
• Cool on racks.
• Cookies should be crispy around the edges and chewy in the middle.

APRICOT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat all ingredients except oats, flour, apricots and pecans with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, or mix with spoon. Stir in all remaining ingredients.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are brown and centers are soft. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

OATMEAL-APRICOT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars on medium speed until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla. With mixer on low speed, add oat mixture, and mix until just combined. Stir in apricots and almonds by hand.
• Divide dough into 12 pieces, and roll into balls. Place balls 3 to 4 inches apart on baking sheets. Using your fingers, flatten balls to about a 3/4-inch thickness.
• Bake cookies until edges begin to brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

SOFT OATMEAL APRICOT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Beat in molasses. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into batter. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. , Shape into 1-in. balls and place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until browned.

AUNT REBA'S OATMEAL COOKIES - BONNIE STERN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter with both sugars. Beat in egg, vanilla and almond extracts.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, and stir Stir in oats and walnuts, if using.
• Roll dough into small balls, about 1 tbsp each. Place balls on parchment lined baking sheets and press very flat with a fork or flat bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
• Bake in a preheated 350*F oven for 8 - 12 minutes.
• Cook on wire racks.