Chocolate Chip Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

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This cookie is crisp around the edges with a delightfully tender and chewy interior from oats. It is loaded with dark chocolate and toasted pecans. SO perfect.

Cookies have really evolved in exciting ways over the years with so many fun creations like Dubai chocolate, Biscoff-stuffed cookies, jam and buttered toast cookies, black sesame & matcha swirl, or other multi-coloured and multi-flavoured cookies. Kinda makes a recipe like this Chocolate Chip Pecan Oatmeal Cookies feel basic and dated?? AND YET. In spite of viral trends and camera-ready recipes designed to stop your scroll, I still believe there might be a pocket of time and space for a good ol’ fashioned, untrendy cookie recipe like this.

I first shared this cookie recipe in 2016, tinkered and adapted from America's Test Kitchen’s Chocolate-Chunk Oatmeal Cookies with Pecans & Dried Cherries. It may be an oldie but it sure is a goodie. I recently retested it and made a few more tweaks, and I’m happy to confirm they stand the test of time! If you make them, let me know if you agree 😊

Eat well and be well,

Sonia x

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Tips and FAQs

1. What “room temperature” butter means

   When a recipe calls for “room temperature butter” it typically means 65°F (18°C) which is cooler than what most people consider to be room temperature. For example, my kitchen temperature is usually around 22°C. I usually take the butter out of the fridge 1-2 hours beforehand to get it to “cool room temperature”. If your butter has been sitting out and too warm, stick it in the fridge or freezer to cool down a bit. Use a temperature probe in it if you’re unsure, or press it with an index finger to check that it leaves an indent but isn’t slippery or greasy. If the butter is too warm, cookies may over-spread or be greasy. If butter is too cold, it will be harder to beat and cookies may not spread enough causing them to have be too thick.

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Chocolate Chip Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: 16

Author: sonia wong | www.saltnpepperhere.com

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Chocolate Chip Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

Cook time: 20 MinTotal time: 20 Min

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Ingredients

• 1¼ C (170g) all-purpose flour
• ¾ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1¼ C (100g) old fashioned rolled oats
• 1 C (100g) toasted pecans, chopped
• 1 C (170g) dark chocolate chips and/or chocolate bar chopped into large chunks
• 1½ stick (170g) unsalted butter, at “cool room temperature” 65°F/18°C (see note 1)
• 1 C less 2 tbsp (184g) dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Optional topping: flakey salt

Instructions

1. Line two large (18” x 12”) baking sheets with parchment paper. Check if they fit side by side in the oven. If not, place oven racks on upper and lower-middle positions and rotate baking sheets once midway through baking.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. (1¼ C (170g) all-purpose flour, ¾ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp kosher salt)
3. In a second bowl, mix together oats, pecans and chocolate chips/chunks. (1¼ C (100g) old fashioned rolled oats, 1 C (110g) chopped pecans, 1 C (170g) dark chocolate chips and/or chunks)
4. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter and brown sugar at medium speed for 2 minutes. Scrape the bowl with a spatula. Add egg and vanilla. Beat on medium-low speed for about 30 seconds until fully incorporated. Scrape the bowl. (1½ stick or 170g unsalted butter at “cool room temperature” 65°F/18°C see note 1, 1 C less 2 tbsp (184g) packed dark brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla)
5. Add the flour mixture at low speed for about 30 seconds until just combined. Scrap the bowl. Continuing on low speed, gradually add the oat mixture until just incorporated. If needed, give the dough a final stir
6. Divide the dough evenly into 16 portions approximately ¼ cup each and roll into 2" balls. Place them all on one baking sheet (for now) and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
7. Meanwhile preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Stagger 8 balls on each baking sheet, spaced 2.5" apart as the cookies spread quite a bit as they bake. Press with fingers to flatten slightly (but not flatter than ¾”).
8. Bake both baking sheets for 15 to 20 minutes (rotate halfway if your baking sheets are on different racks) until cookies are medium brown, the edges have begun to set with a golden colour, but the centers are still a bit soft looking. Do not over-bake if you want that crispy edge with gooey, tender interior. While cookies are in the oven, find a tool such as a cup, glass or baking ring about 4.5” in diameter (slightly larger in diameter than the cookies) for shaping the cookies when they come out of the oven.
9. As soon as cookies come out of the oven while still warm on the baking sheets, swirl the tool in quick circular motions around each cookie to smooth and round out any misshapen edges. Sprinkle with flakey salt if you love a salty cookie like I do. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes or whenever firmed up enough to transfer to a wire rack to cool the rest of the way.

Notes

Note 1 – Butter should be at “cool room temperature” of 65°F/18°C or the cookies will spread too much. Take butter out of the fridge about 1 to 2 hours before use, depending on the ambient temperature of your kitchen. You may speed it up by cutting the butter into 1” cubes. Check readiness either with a temperature probe or press gently with a finger – it should leave an indent without your finger sinking too far down and it should not look greasy or shiny. If butter is too warm, put it in the fridge briefly to cool. 

Nutrition Facts

Calories

297

Fat

18 g

Sat. Fat

8 g

Carbs

32 g

Fiber

2 g

Net carbs

29 g

Sugar

18 g

Protein

4 g

Sodium

147 mg

Cholesterol

34 mg

Disclaimer: nutritional information is auto-generated and may not be 100% accurate.

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