I love these because you use all brown sugar, which makes these cookies so nice and chewy. I use spelt flour with these cookies because it is easier on folks who do not want so much wheat. Enjoy!
Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies with Pecans
1 ¼ cup spelt flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups rolled oats
1 cup pecans (or walnuts) toasted and chopped
1 cup sour cherries, rough chopped
¾ cup chocolate chips
1 ½ stick unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Grease 2 cookie sheets
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Add oats, pecans, cherries and chocolate chips.
• In a separate bowl or with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until no lumps remain, about 1 minute. Add egg and vanilla and mix.
• Gradually add the flour mixture until incorporated.
• Divide dough into 20 cookies, and roll into balls. Place on baking sheets and press balls to one-inch thickness.
• Bake for 12 minutes, pull out cookies and rotate, and cook for 5 minutes longer, or until the cookies are medium brown but the centers seem wet.
• Let cool
Note:If you choose not to add nuts to this recipe, add 1 cup of oats to the batter to hold the cookies together. The nuts add structure to the cookie.