Goldman recipe that I have altered to be even better, I think. Everybody asks for the recipe but I can never get it as good as the first time when I didn't write down what I was doing.
Strawberry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon honey
3 teaspoons pure vanilla
2 eggs
1/4 c. Kahlua
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoons baking powder
3/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups rolled or old fashioned oatmeal
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled and cut in or quarters
Plus halved strawberries, as garnish
Preheat oven to 350 F. Stack two baking sheets together and line a set of doubled up baking sheets with parchment paper. Have an additional single baking sheet with parchment paper.
In the bowl, of an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar and honey. Then add in vanilla and eggs and blend well, about 3-4 minutes. Fold in dry ingredients, including oatmeal. When just about blended, fold or mix in chocolate, nuts, & strawberries. Try not to break up berries too much but but you cannot avoid this completely. Don’t fret about it.
Make huge gobs of cookie dough with your hands. Arrange on prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches or more, between each cookie. Press gently and garnish center of cookie with a strawberry half.
Bake (single sheet on upper oven rack; doubled up sheets on lower rack) about 12-16 minutes until cookies are set, and middles are slightly dry looking and edges have begun to brown.
Let the cookies cool ten minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes about 20 large cookies. Adapted from Marcy Goldman, editor and host of BetterBaking.com
Strawberry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon honey
3 teaspoons pure vanilla
2 eggs
1/4 c. Kahlua
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoons baking powder
3/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups rolled or old fashioned oatmeal
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled and cut in or quarters
Plus halved strawberries, as garnish
Preheat oven to 350 F. Stack two baking sheets together and line a set of doubled up baking sheets with parchment paper. Have an additional single baking sheet with parchment paper.
In the bowl, of an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar and honey. Then add in vanilla and eggs and blend well, about 3-4 minutes. Fold in dry ingredients, including oatmeal. When just about blended, fold or mix in chocolate, nuts, & strawberries. Try not to break up berries too much but but you cannot avoid this completely. Don’t fret about it.
Make huge gobs of cookie dough with your hands. Arrange on prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches or more, between each cookie. Press gently and garnish center of cookie with a strawberry half.
Bake (single sheet on upper oven rack; doubled up sheets on lower rack) about 12-16 minutes until cookies are set, and middles are slightly dry looking and edges have begun to brown.
Let the cookies cool ten minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes about 20 large cookies. Adapted from Marcy Goldman, editor and host of BetterBaking.com