Apricot and semi-sweet or dark chocolate is such a yummy combination, so I thought I’d try it in a cookie – as a twist to my “almost famous” chocolate chips cookies.
and it’s a winner according to my guys.
I snipped a half pound of dried apricots into the batter.
and tweaked up my original chocolate chip recipe by exchanging vanilla extract with half almond and half orange extract (though I think vanilla might be yummy too) and used 1/2 a bag of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips to allow the apricot to be the “star” of the cookie.
The balance of flavors seemed just right.
Hope you’ll give them a try.
And can you believe it is the last day of January 2015 already!?!? We are hunkering down for a snow storm here in Mars this weekend, and of course, the Super Bowl, so we will be set with some sweet treats if “needed.” 🙂
How about you? What’s happening in your part of the world this weekend?
Have a good one!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
And here is the recipe. Enjoy!
Jodi's Apricot Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/2 tsp. orange extract
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 lb. (8 oz.) dried apricots, snipped into small chunks
1/2 lb. (8 oz.) Nestle’s Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Blend softened butter with granulated and brown sugar with mixer until well incorporated. Add in almond and orange extract and eggs and mix on medium-high speed until creamy. Add in flour, baking soda, and salt on low speed until incorporated. Fold in apricots and chocolate chips.
Chill dough for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll dough into golf ball sized balls and flatten slightly.
Bake for approximately 10 minutes.
I think I will share this recipe with my friends over at Fiesta Friday for the Anniversary Party, because every party needs cookies – right?! Check it out for lots of awesome recipes by some amazing foodie bloggers!
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Jodi, those look so delicious! Your photography of your food is beautiful. When I was reading about your cookies I thought of dried pineapple and thought wow, you could use several different kinds of dried fruit (maybe not at the same time). I love dried apricots (and dried pineapple ;)) This is definately one of your recipes I am going to save. YUMMY!!! Hope you all stay safe and warm during your snow blizzard and enjoy the super bowl! (It is within a few miles of where my sister lives).
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I think you are right PJ – dried pineapple might be yummy too – or dried cherries :). I do dried blueberries with white chocolate and they are DIVINE!
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Oooouuuu, those sound delicious! White chocolate and blueberries.. I wonder… white chocolate, coconut, and dried pineapple. Very interesting thought. (Could call that tropical chocolate chip cookie 😀 ).
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Or pina colada cookies!! 😝
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Oh yeah! Pina Colada!!
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Ooops, I forgot to give you your morning hug. ((Hugs))
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HUGS back! 🙂
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And I no longer wonder how you can have these yummies in your house and stay in shape, Miss Fitbit Queen.
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LOL! Not even close to staying in shape – but working on it! 🙂 I only had a 1/2 cookie to taste – the rest are for the guys. I just love baking – and then photographing it. Off to WALK! hehe!
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Jodi, these look absolutely delectable :).
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Oh my goodness! More and more I’m wishing we lived closer. Hahaha! Can you hear me knocking on the door? You: “Cup of sugar?” Me: “No, I’m good, but do you have any Apricot Chocolate Chip Cookies left?”
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“Someone’s knockin’ at the door – somebody’s ringin’ the bell – do me a favor – won’t you open the door – and let ’em in!” C’mon over Jo! I’m only in Mars!
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—–fueling my rocket ship
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These look good. I like the idea of changing up the flavouring also. I’ve toying with putting fruit with chocolate also. I think it makes me feel better about eating a cookie when there is fruit in it. I have a brownie I put dried cranberries in.
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I’ll bet dried cherries would be awesome in brownies too! 🙂
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Yes, like black forest cake
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That’s an excellent way of adding fruits in your diet! Plus the cookies look much happier, which I know will make anybody happier eating them! 😀 Great to see you at Fiesta Friday!
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I think I have to take a week-end and make all your goodies!! 🙂 Yup, they are calling for snow here too, saying it won’t accumulate to much, BUT… the past couple times they have called for big amounts and we haven’t got them,so thinking this time we will get hit hard since they are saying little, LOL!
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Hi Jodi – these look so cute and completely delicious! Apricots are such a great idea. Thank you for sharing them with the Fiesta Friday crowd – Happy Fiesta Friday!
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Thanks Selma!
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What a fantastic and creative idea! Love it! Saving your recipe! 🙂
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Thank you Lori. Enjoy!
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Hi, Jodi. Thank you so much for bringing these enticing cookies. It’s so nice to see you again here at FF. 😀 I hope you are having a good time. Have a lovely weekend.
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Hello Jodi! Absolutely love apricots in cookies or any other bakes, it’s tasty and healthy thing! Yum! 🙂
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Love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, Jodi… so unexpected, yet so very delicious! Thanks for sharing these great little cookies with all of us Fiesta Friday!
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What a great addition to your cookies. Besides raisins or cherries, I never thought to put other dried fruit in my cookies! Genius.
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Thanks Julie! I love dried blueberries with white chocolate chips too.
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