White Chocolate Apricot Oatmeal Cookies Recipe 465

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.

WHITE CHOCOLATE APRICOT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer on low, add the eggs 1 at a time. Add the vanilla and beat for 1 more minute.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Add the oats, apricots and white chocolate chips and fold to combine using a rubber spatula, making sure everything is evenly incorporated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour before baking.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Using a medium ice cream scoop, drop 2-inch mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden in color, 14 to 16 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely.

APRICOT WHITE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Beat butter, sugar and brown sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add egg and beat well.
• Sift flour and baking powder and salt together. Mix flour into butter/sugar/egg mixture and blend well.
• Stir in oats, apricots, white chocolate chunks, and pecans, if using.
• Using a cookie scoop, drop rounds of dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned; do not overbake.
• Cool 1 to 2 minutes on pan then remove to a cooling rack.