Chocolate Oatmeal Pecan Snack Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 6 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup egg substitute
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups uncooked oats (regular)
• 3/4 cup dried cherries
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 4 (7/8 ounce) dark chocolate bars, broken into pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt ans baking soda.
• 2 beat butter, cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. add egg substitute and vanilla, beating until blended.
• 3 gradually add flour mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. stir in oats and dried cherries.
• 4 drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheet coated with cooking spray, gently flatten dough into circles. sprinkle about 1/2 tsp chopped pecans onto each dough circle.
• 5 bake in batches at 350 degrees f. for 13-14 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centers come out clean. remove cookies from baking sheets to wire racks and let cool 10 minutes.
• 6 microwave chocolate pieces in a small microwave safe bowl at high for 45 seconds- 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring at 15 second intervals. spoon chocolate into a small zip top plastic bag. snip 1 corner of bag with scissors to make a tiny hole. let stand one hour until set.
• 7 bake in batches at 350 degrees f. for 13-14 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centers come out clean. remove cookies from baking sheets to wire racks and let cool 10 minutes.