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Apricot Raisin Five Spice Oatmeal Cookies

Apricot Raisin Five Spice Oatmeal Cookies

Apricot Raisin Five Spice Oatmeal Cookies - this is a very flavourful and fragrant twist on a traditional oatmeal raising cookie.
Course Cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 3 dozen cookies
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ cup + 2 Tbsp flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
  • ½ tsp freshly ground nutmeg
  • Pinch salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 ½ cups large rolled oats
  • 2/3 cup raisins
  • 2/3 cup chopped dried apricots
  • ½ cup chopped pecans cashews, macadamias, slivered almonds or walnuts (optional)

Instructions

  1. Cream the butter and sugars together well. Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
  2. Sift together the flour, five spice powder, nutmeg, salt and baking soda
  3. Fold the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture. When the dry ingredients are almost incorporated, add the rolled oats, raisons, apricots and nuts.
  4. Chill the dough for about an hour before baking for best results.
  5. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a parchment lined cookie sheet about 2 ½ inches apart.
  6. Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. Do not over bake or your cookies will lose their chewy texture. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.