Cooking with Auden: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

We wanted to make some simple oatmeal cookies and came across this recipe. We replaced some of the fruit with chocolate chips. They turned out yummy but very soft.


Mixed Dried Fruit Oatmeal Cookies
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 large egg, beaten lightly
1/2 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon warm water

2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups of old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup chopped pitted prunes
1/2 cup chocolate chips

In a large bowl cream the butter with the brown sugar




Mix the baking soda with water.


Add in the egg, the baking soda mixture, the flour, the salt, and the vanilla. Stir in the oats, the apricots, the prunes, and the chocolate chips and combine the dough well.


Stir in the oats, the apricots, the prunes, and the chocolate chips and combine the dough well.

Drop rounded tablespoons of the dough about 4 inches apart onto greased baking sheets.

Bake the cookies in batches in the middle of a preheated 375 F. oven 8 to 10 minutes, or until they are golden, transfer them with a spatula to racks, and let them cool.