Oatmeal cookies are an easy and sweet treat you can make in advanced and keep in a sealed box for quite a long time. These maple oatmeal cookies contain maple that adds a little sweetness and beautiful aroma and also chopped pecans that add some crunch. They and are so delicious you won’t be able to eat only one.
Photo: Natalie Levin
Maple Oatmeal Cookies with Pecans
Ingredients:
- 100 grams (1/2 cup) soft butter
- 175 grams (3/4 cup) dark brown sugar
- 20 grams (1 tbsp).maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 160 grams (1 cup + 2 tbsp.) all-purpose flour
- 100 grams (1 cup) whole oats
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- A pinch of baking powder
- 70 grams (2/3 cup) chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 160c degrees.
- In a bowl of a mixer with a paddle attachment, put butter, sugar, maple and vanilla and whip on high speed until the mixture is creamy and soft.
- Add the egg and continue to blend until incorporated.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula, and add flour, oatmeal, salt, baking soda, baking powder and chopped nuts. Blend just until dough forms.
- Use an ice cream scoop or two spoons and create mounds of dough on an oven tray lined with baking paper.
- Gently flatten the top of each cookie with your hands.
- Bake for about 10-15 minutes or until golden and set on the edges, but still slightly soft in the center.
- Cool completely and store in a sealed jar.
- Keep the cookies in a sealed jar for up to a week.
- You can use any kind of nut you like instead of pecans.
Photo: Natalie Levin