Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened but still cool
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ounces milk chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 melt the milk chocolate, set aside to cool.
• 2 adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 4 place 1 cup oats in food processor or blender and process until well ground, about 30 seconds. transfer to large bowl and stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 5 with electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar together on medium-high speed until well blended and lumps are gone, about 1 minute.
• 6 scrape down sides of bowl. add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy, about 30 seconds.
• 7 add melted chocolate and beat until incorporated, about 20 seconds. add flour mixture and beat on low speed until just incorporated, about 15 seconds.
• 8 add remaining 3/4 cup oats, chocolate chips, and nuts and beat on low speed until evenly distributed, about 10 seconds.
• 9 roll 2 tablespoons of dough into balls and space 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
• 10 bake, rotating and switching position of pans halfway through baking time, until cookies are cracked and set on top but look moist within cracks, 14 to 18 minutes.
• 11 cool cookies on baking sheets on wire racks for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
• 12 (cookies can be stored in airtight container for up to 5 days.).