Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Orange Pecan Cookies

My friend Audrey is quite the baker, and one of the things she made for me recently was a batch of her oatmeal raisin chocolate-chip orange pecan cookies. It would be “everything but the kitchen sink cookies” but for the fact we didn’t have any shredded coconut in the pantry.

We did make a couple variations because the first batch we made came out rather dry. Turned out that the cookie just needed to be cooked a little less. They should be just lightly browning around the edges when you take them out of the oven, and still quite soft in the middle.

As they cool, they’ll be a little crispy around the edges and moist in the middle. Browning the butter first adds wonderful flavor to the cookies. We tried both browned melted butter and the more typical softened, creamed butter and the cookies made with brown melted butter were just better.

This cookie has a lot of character. If you like oatmeal raisin cookies, and orange with dark chocolate, and pecans, you’ll like this cookie. Feel free to leave out any of it (well except for the oatmeal). You’ll still have a great cookie.

Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Orange Pecan Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 16 Tbsp butter (2 sticks)
• Grated zest of one orange
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 large egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal rolled oats (Quaker Quick or Old Fashioned, do not use instant)
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (can sub walnuts)
• 1/2 cup raisins

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