Chocolate-Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Pecans and Dried Cranberries (slightly adapted from Cook's Illustrated) Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached, all purpose flour (6 1/4 ounces)
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1 1/4 cups old fashioned rolled oats (3 1/2 ounces)
- 1 cup toasted pecans, chopped (4 ounces)
- 1 cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped (5 ounces) Cook's Calls for dried cherries
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (Cook's calls for 4 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate chunks)
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened-12 tablespoons
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar (Cooks calls for dark brown)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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