Spelt Cowboy Cookies

Spelt Cowboy Cookies

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups butter (2 1/2 sticks), softened

1-1/4 cup unrefined cane sugar

1 egg, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

1-1/2 cups whole grain spelt flour (178 g)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 cups old fashioned rolled oats

1 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup dried cherries, roughly chopped

1/2 cup toasted pecans, roughly chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. In a large mixing bowl, using a stand mixer, beat butter with sugar until creamy, about 10 minutes. Stop mixer as needed to scrape down sides of bowl. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well, about 5 minutes.

3. In another bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well. Using the lowest speed of the mixer or mix by hand, add flour mixture a fourth to a half cup at a time to the butter-sugar mixture. Gently mix until blended. Turn mixer off. Finish the process by hand.

4. Stir in oats, 1 cup at a time. Stir in chocolate chips, cherries and pecans

5. Bake on ungreased baking sheet 9-10 minutes or until edges start to turn golden. Do not over bake.

6. Cool on baking sheet.

7. Remove to wire racks to finish cooling.

Makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies

© Copyright 2023. Recipe Courtesy of Ancient Grains: Einkorn, Spelt, and Quiona, by Shirleen Sando