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These cookies have lots of good stuff in ‘em. I’ve been told by a friend with some food biz cred that I could start a cookie-business with these. The friend produces those delicious candied pecans and walnuts that you’ll find at Trader Joe’s, and she offered me kitchen space and business advice if I wanted to start my own cookie business. I’m not interested in a cookie business, and who knows how serious she really was, but what I do know is that these cookies are damn good.
The recipe is based on one I found in a Cooks Illustrated magazine a few years back, and the basic idea is a perfectly chewy oatmeal cookie, with bittersweet chocolate chunks, tart dried cherries, and freshly toasted walnuts. It has no cinnamon or other spices, relying on the chunky stuff, and a healthy shot of vanilla, for its flavors. There’s no white sugar, only brown, and I prefer to use a gourmet dark brown sugar like Billington’s. I also like to use a bit of steel cut oats to vary the texture a little, but that’s completely optional. If you don’t use steel cut oats, just replace them with more rolled oats.
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