Name: Apricot and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Ingredients: 2/3 cup sugar; 2/3 cup brown sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 eggs; 3 cups oats; 1 cup flour; 3/4 cup chocolate chips; 1/2 cup dried apricots (chopped)

Apricot and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. Mix flour, oatmeal,and baking soda in a medium bowl. Cream butter and sugars with a mixer until light and fluffy. These Apricot Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies are really addictive. Each time I made them (for school, neighbors, and my husband's co-workers), I always get compliments. People ask me all the time about this little dried fruit that are inside.

Oatmeal Apricot Cookies with Chocolate Chips. A really good oatmeal cookie makes me into a cookie monster. I mean, really, really love them. You can have Apricot and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Apricot and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

You need 2/3 cup of sugar.
Prepare 2/3 cup of brown sugar.
It's 1 cup of butter.
It's 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
You need 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 2 of eggs.
Prepare 3 cups of oats.
You need 1 cup of flour.
It's 3/4 cup of chocolate chips.
It's 1/2 cup of dried apricots (chopped).

I made no changes other than cutting back on the sugar. In a large bowl beat together the butter and shortening with an electric mixer. Add both sugars and beat until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, corn syrup and vanilla.

Apricot and Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except flour, oats, apricots and chocolate chips..
Once all these ingredients are combined, stir in all other ingredients..
Place cookie dough on cookie sheet with one inch in between each ball. Squish the cookie dough down a little bit. We did tablespoon sized balls, but you could do any size..
Let the cookies bake for 8-10 minutes, then you're done!.

Fold through apricots and chocolate until evenly combined. Also, I baked some chocolate chip cookies in case they did not like the apricot-oatmeal ones, but guess what? They LOVED and PREFERRED the apricot-oatmeal cookies much better than the. In large bowl, beat all ingredients except oats, flour, apricots and pecans with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, or mix with spoon. In a mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar until blended.