Apricot White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Submitted by Lise in Indiana

"Just what the name says -and yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 30 cookies

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons granular fructose (optional)
• 1 egg, large duck egg preferred
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 1⁄2 cups rolled oats
• 3 ounces white chocolate baking bar, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped (optional)

directions

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