Oatmeal Fig Pecan Cookies

The best oatmeal cookies just got a whole lot better. Crispy brown bottoms and edges with a soft chewy center. Bet you can’t eat just one.

Why You Should Make These Oatmeal Fig Pecan Cookies

If you’re looking for a way to elevate an everyday oatmeal cookie, these are the cookies for you. The bites of figs and pecans remind me of the old-school fig-filled cookies I used to love as a kid.

Ingredients

• 1-1/4 cups butter softened at room temperature
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour  
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups old-fashioned oats
• ½ cup chopped dried figs
• ½  cup chopped pecans

Let’s Make Oatmeal Fig Pecan Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and set aside.
3. Using a stand mixer or a hand mixer, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy.
4. Add egg and vanilla extract and mix.
5. Add the dry ingredients 1/2 cup at a time and mix until fully combined.
6. Mix in oatmeal.
7. Mix in figs and pecans.
8. Use a 2 tbsp (30 ml) cookie scoop to scoop cookies onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
9. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
10. Cool on a cooling rack.

KKM Tips

• I recommend using dried black figs for this recipe.
• ½ cup of chopped figs is about 3-4 large, dried figs.
• Remember to cut off the stems of the dried figs while chopping them.
• Watch the cooking time because all ovens are different.

More KKM Cookie Recipes

• Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
• Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles
• Kitchen Sink Cookies