Raisin and Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
 
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Serves: 30-35
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups pecans, toasted
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 extra large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour ( or use 1½ cups whole wheat flour and no all purpose flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • pinch freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 3 cups old fashioned oatmeal ( I use a mixture of both rolled oats and quick cooking oats. DO NOT USE INSTANT)
  • 1 cup raisins, soaked in hot water for 10-15 minutes and then drained
  • Optional: chocolate chips, cinnamon chips, craisins instead of raisins, shredded coconut
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F and toast the pecans for 6-8 minutes till you can smell that the pecans are toasted. keep a check as nuts have a habit of going from lightly toasted to burnt in seconds. Set aside to cool and chop coarsely.
  2. Cream together butter and the sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy.
  3. With the mixer on low, add the eggs one at a time. Add in the vanilla.
  4. Sift the flours, baking powder, spices and salt together in a medium bowl.
  5. With the mixer still on low, add the dry ingredients to the creamed butter.
  6. Add in the oats, raisins, pecans, chips and mix until just combined.
  7. Using a small ice cream scoop or tablespoon drop about 2 inch mounds of the dough onto a parchment lined sheet pan.
  8. With damp hands, flatten the dough mounds.
  9. Bake 12-15 minutes, rotating the sheet pans and reducing temperature after 12 minutes if browning too much. But remember not to over bake them else they will become too hard. The cookie will still be soft from the top, it may look undercooked but when cooling the cookie generally cooks through completely.
  10. Remove and let cool for a few seocnds on the pan before removing and letting it cool completely on a baking rack.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2013/05/30/raisin-and-pecan-oatmeal-cookies/