The Scoop Kitchen: Spiced Oatmeal Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Spiced Oatmeal Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

I took some tips from this blog on how to create your own recipe. I've always wondered how you know how much of what to put in. Her tips definitely gave me a foundation to start on.

http://fahrenheit350.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-create-your-own-cookie-recipe.html

Spiced Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

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INGREDIENTS:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped or lightly broken pecans
1 heaping cup old fashioned oats
Sometimes I add 1/2 cup of nutella for extra deliciousness, but I didn't here

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
In a medium bowl, whisk together the two types of flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and sugars until nice and fluffy
Mix in one egg at a time, mixing well between each addition
Mix in the vanilla
Slowly mix in the flour mixture until just combined
Then, using a spatula, fold in the chocolate chips, pecans, and oats (and nutella if you decided to use it) until evenly mixed
Scoop mixture onto an ungreased cookie sheet, or one lined with parchment paper
Bake cookies for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown around the edges. I rotated my pan after 10 minutes to make sure they all baked evenly.
If you used parchment paper, pull it off and let cookies cool on a cooling rack. If you didn’t use any parchment paper, let cookie sheet rest on cooling rack for 2-3 minutes before removing cookies. Allow the ones not already eaten to cool completely before packaging for storage.