Apricot Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup chopped hazelnuts (optional)
• 1 cup chopped dried apricot
• 1 cup quality chocolate (or more, chopped into chunks)

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 350°f (or 175°c).
• 2 in a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar.
• 3 beat in the egg and vanilla.
• 4 mix in the flour, baking soda and salt.
• 5 add the nuts, apricots and chocolate.
• 6 spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 12 minutes. (these cookies don't spread very much, so they can be pretty closely packed onto the cookie sheet).
• 7 transfer to a cooling rack.