Wal-cran-cot (aka walnut cranberry apricot) Cookies

Thanks to the unexpected snowfall, I stayed inside all day (yes 3 inches is enough to make me house-bound!).   Anyhow, snow days always put me in the mood to bake.  As I mentioned in a previous post, I love the Holiday Biscotti, so I figured I'd try a cookie version of it.  Plus, I recently bought Pumpkin Pie spice and I wanted to use it in something. =)

Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, room temperature

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup unbleached flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp pumpkin spice

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

1/4 cup chocolate chips

1/4 cup craisins

1/4 cup dried apricots, chopped into craisin sized pieces

1 1/2 cups rolled oats

Directions

1.  Cream the butter and sugars together.

2.  Mix in the egg and vanilla.

3.  In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking soda, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg.  Mix this into the butter-sugar well.

4.  Mix the walnuts, chocolate chips, craisins, apricots, and oatmeal in the bowl that had the flour.  Mix these into the flour-butter-sugar well.

5.  Make round balls ~1 tbsp in size and place them on an ungreased baking tray ~2 inches apart from each other.  Flatten slightly.

6.  Bake for 10-12 min at 350 F.