Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Pecans Dried Apricots Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHUNK APRICOT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl beat together the butter and shortening with an electric mixer. Add both sugars and beat until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, corn syrup and vanilla. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir with a whisk. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, beat until combined. Stir in the chocolate chunks and apricots. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Roll the dough into 1 tablespoon sized balls and place 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly brown and just underdone. Cool cookies on the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE CHIP APRICOT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Mix the flour and baking soda in a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, turbinado sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy, then beat in the egg, vanilla, and salt. Stir the flour and baking soda into the butter mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips and apricots. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES WITH PECANS DRIED APRICOTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a bowl whisk together, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in flour mixture until just combined.
• Chop chocolate into 1/2 inch pieces and stir into batter with apricots and pecans. Working in batches drop dough in heaping tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching positions of sheets halfway through baking about 12 minutes total or until golden. Cool on cookie sheets on racks for 5 minutes and then transfer with a spatula to racks to cool completely.
• Keep in airtight container at room temperature for about 5 days.

CHOCOLATE-CHUNK COOKIES WITH PECANS, DRIED APRICOTS, AND TART CHERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat in flour mixture until just combined.
• Chop chocolate into 1/2-inch pieces and stir into batter with apricots, cherries, and pecans. Working in batches, drop dough by heaping tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, about 12 minutes total, or until golden. Cool cookies on baking sheets on racks 5 minutes and transfer with a spatula to racks to cool. Cookies keep in airtight containers at room temperature 5 days.

CHOCOLATE CHUNK PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until creamy. Add the sugars and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well to combine. Sift together the dry ingredients and add to the batter, mixing well. Remove bowl from mixer (be sure to scrape the beater) and stir in the nuts and chocolate chunks by hand. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets and bake 8 to 10 minutes until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on sheets then remove cookies with a spatula to racks to cool.

FAMILY FAVORITE CHEWY APRICOT PECAN OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, slat, cinnamon, and oatmeal.
• Beat the butter, shortening, water and sugars together until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and beat well, scraping down the sides of bowl when needed. Beat in the honey and vanilla until fully blended.
• Add the flour mixture in two additions, beating each until well combined.
• Stir in the chopped apricots and pecans.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• Bake until the centers of the cookies are soft and no longer look wet; about 9-11 minutes.
• Let cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.

OATMEAL COOKIES WITH DRIED APRICOTS AND WHITE CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, oatmeal,and baking soda in a medium bowl. 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, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture gradually, beating until just combined. Stir in chocolate and apricots.Cover, and refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes.
• Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until cookiesare golden brown around the edges but still soft in the center, 14 to 16 minutes.Let cookies cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.