Chocolate-Oatmeal-Pecan Cookies
July 20, 2012 in cookie
Happy Friday! I made cookies!
Most of the time when I decide to bake something, it’s because I’ve stumbled upon a recipe that I want to try right then or I’m hit with a sudden craving for whatever it is but the other day I was in a mood to bake and for the life of me couldn’t come up with anything that sounded good. I went digging through my cookbooks and found this gem.
I know, they look like your typical chocolate chip cookies with some nuts and oats thrown in. But they’re not! They are the most amazing chocolate chip cookies with some nuts and oats thrown in!
No, but seriously, they have a teensy bit of molasses in them and it totally makes the cookie. It’s not so apparent that you’re like OMGWHYARETHERECHOCOLATECHIPSINMYMOLASSESCOOKIE but it definitely adds a little somethin’ somethin’.
I think I say this every time I make a cookie but this is my new favorite and I’ve officially hidden them from myself so that they aren’t staring me down every time I walk into the kitchen.
One year ago: Rueben Dip
Two years ago: Peanut Butter Crusted Sweet Potato Fries
Four years ago: Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler
adapted from Tartine
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment; set aside.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in oats; set aside.
- In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy. Add the molasses and beat until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in milk and vanilla. Add in the dry ingredients and bet until just incorporated. Remove from stand mixer and fold in the chocolate chips and pecans.
- Use a cookie scoop (or your hands) to put ping-pong ball-sized balls of dough on prepared baking sheet, leaving a couple inches between each one. Flatten slightly with your hands.
- Bake for 10 – 12 minutes or until the edges are brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Oh yes!!! This is what I’ve been waiting for!!!!! Printed and heading to store for ingredients right now!! Be still, my heart!! Thanks for this one!!
So there are guys that sit along the front wall & walk way step in the morning, maybe I can make some of these to bribe them NOT to do that!!!
Love this combination of flavors and need to try these next time a cookie craving hits!
Cookies make friday SO MUCH SWEETER!! I love this little gem – - I think you’re sparking a craving for me … then again, I could always go for a good cookie ;)
Oh yeah! These cookies look great! You can’t go wrong with a few pecans thrown into a cookie! :)
Oh wow! These…these are amazing.
Molasses in cookies is the best! I mean, I do like a good molasses cookie on it’s own, but all the other cookies that taste particularly good always have molasses in them. And chocolate chips are good in anything, so you have all the elements for cookie awesomeness!
Haha, story of my life – want to bake but cannot decide what for the life of me! These cookies sound fantastic, I’m so intrigued by the molasses. They look wonderfully chewy!
Whhooo Hoo – making this tonight!!