The Maine Summer cookie
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 20 minutes
  • Servings: 16
  • Preparation Time: 3 minutes
  • 6 1/4 oz. flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3 1/2 oz old fashioned rolled oats
  • 4 oz toasted walnuts
  • 5 oz. dried blueberries or craisins
  • 4 oz bittersweet chocolate chips
  • 12 Tbl. unsalted butter, room temp.
  • 10 1/2 oz. packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
  3. 1. mix dry ingredients together in a bowl, set aside.
  4. 2. Cream together the butter and the sugars.
  5. 3. Add the egg.
  6. 4. Add the dry ingredients gradually on low speed: Mix until combined.
  7. 5. Fold in nuts, chocolate and fruit.
  8. 6. With a scoop, drop each cookie onto baking sheet 2" apart (they spread).
  9. 7. Bake for 10 minutes, rotate pan. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes more depending on the size of your scoop.
  10. 8. Let cool, enjoy!
RECIPE BACKSTORY
We visited Maine when I was child, and there was a bakery that had these cookies. This was 40 years ago, and it's the only cookie recipe that has stuck with me. I love the different flavors and textures! Sweet, salty, buttery, tart and crunchy.