Chocolate, Walnut and Apricot Cookies

Serves 8

Ingredients:

• 2/3 stick unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 2/3 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 cup walnut pieces
• 1/3 cup diced dried apricots (1/4-inch dice)
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsels

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Place the butter, oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla in the bowl of a food processor and process the mixture for a few seconds, just until smooth. Add the flour and baking powder and process just until they are incorporated and the dough is smooth, about 5 seconds.

Transfer the dough to a bowl, and using a wooden spoon or spatula, stir in the nut and apricot pieces and the chocolate chips.

For each cookie, drop about 2 tablespoons of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, leaving about 2 1/2 inches between the mounds. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.