Makes about 40
cookies. Adapted from Cooks Illustrated.
1
¼ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
8 oz dried sour
cherries, chopped coarse
11 oz dark
chocolate chips
1 cups unbleached
all-purpose flour (or gluten-free oat flour)
¼ cup whole
wheat pastry flour (or gluten-free coconut flour)
¾ tsp baking
powder
½ tsp baking
soda
½ tsp salt
12 tbl unsalted
butter, softened but still cool
1 ½ cups packed
dark brown sugar
1 extra large
egg or ¼ cup egg substitute
1 tsp vanilla
extract
In a food
processor, chop the cherries so that they are a little smaller.
About the size of raisins. You might want to coat them in a light
dusting of the flour to keep them from sticking. In a bowl combine
the oats, dried cherries and chocolate.
In another bowl,
sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set
aside.
In the bowl of a
stand mixer or with a whisk and a strong arm, cream together the
butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, scraping
down the sides of the bowl as needed. Slowly add the egg and vanilla,
and beat until incorporated.
Gently sift, or
with the mixer down to low, add the flour mixture to the bowl. Stir
until just combined. Finally incorporate the oats, fruit and
chocolate.
If using the oat
flour, let dough rest for about an hour. Oats absorb moisture very
slowly. Letting the dough rest will result in fluffier cookies.
Preheat oven to
350F, with rack in the middle of the oven. Use parchment paper to
line several standard baking sheets and set aside.
Using a #50
disher made nice sized cookies. Place the scoops on each baking
sheet, spaced evenly. Bake the cookies, in a preheated oven for 13
minutes or until the cookies are uniformly golden, but still wet in
the middle. They should appear slightly undercooked.
Variation:
For a reduced
calorie version, or one that contains no nut products: Eliminate the
coconut flour. Reduce the butter to 8 tbl and the brown sugar to 1
cup. Mix and bake as normal.
Notes:
- I use Ghiradelli 60% chips for the chocolate chips.
- I use one 8 oz tub of Shoreline Meijer Dried Cherries.
- Some oats are processed in the same machines that process wheat, contaminating the oat product. Make sure that the oat products are gluten-free.
