Bonnie Stern's Extra-large Apricot Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups chopped dried apricots

Recipe

• 1 cream butter until light, then beat in brown and white sugars.
• 2 add egg, water and vanilla and mix in.
• 3 in a large bowl combine flour with baking soda and salt; stir in rolled oats; stir into batter.
• 4 add apricots.
• 5 using 3 tbsp batter for each cookie, place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• 6 flatten cookies and bake in preheated 350f oven for 14 to 17 minutes.
• 7 cool on racks.
• 8 cookies should be crispy around the edges and chewy in the middle.