Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and chock full of crunchy pecans, tart dried cherries and rich milk chocolate.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate Chip Cookies, Drop Cookies, Oatmeal Cookies
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Total Time 28 minutesminutes
Servings 3dozen
Author Elizabeth at thewildolive.org
Ingredients
¼cupshortening
¼cupbutter, room temp
1 ½cupsbrown sugar
2eggs
1tsp.vanilla
1 ¾cupsflour
1tsp.baking soda
1tsp.salt
2cupsrolled Old Fashioned oats, not Quick
1cupdried cherries, coarsly chopped
1cuppecans, chopped
1cupGhiradelli or Guittard Milk Chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400. Cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Whisk together flour, soda, and salt and add to creamed mixture until just combined. Add oats, cherries, nuts and chocolate chips and stir to combine (don't overbeat).
Using a #40 disher (or two spoons) portion dough onto silpat or parchment lined cookie sheets. Flatten dough balls into 3/4" thick disks.
Bake for 8 minutes, rotating sheet front to back halfway through, or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool on sheets a minute or two and remove to wire racks to cool completely.