Mexican Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Whenever I'm on the hunt for a unique ingredient for a recipe - I almost always find it at World Market.  Let me be clear - I love World Market.  The problem is that I have never managed to leave the store with just that one ingredient.  Inevitably, I end up filling my basket with all kinds of World Market goodies.  They are the absolute best resource for creative fillers for almost any gift basket.  Darn your wonderfully unique inventory, World Market.  

When I decided to bake a batch of Mexican chocolate chip cookies, I knew that a trip to World Market was inevitable.  Of course, I found the perfect bar of Mexican chocolate for my recipe - and a few other goodies to boot.  Let's just say - I'm fully prepared for Easter now.  

Mexican Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 Tablespoons vanilla
1 Tablespoon dark rum
2 cups quick oats
1 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 ounces Mexican chocolate, chopped
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Brown butter in saucepan.  

Beat together browned butter and sugar for 2 minutes.

Add eggs, vanilla and rum.  Beat 2 more minutes. 

Add dry ingredients and gently combine. 

Fold in chocolate. 

Drop by 1/4 cupfuls on silpat lined baking sheets. 

Bake 12-15 minutes at 350.  Cool 10 minutes on cooling racks. 

Let me just say that I'm normally a chocolate chip cookie purist.  I don't like to tinker too much with my traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe, BUT - these Mexican chocolate chip cookies were pretty amazing.  The oatmeal and the cinnamon really took them out of the chocolate chip cookie category and put them into more of an oatmeal cookie category.  The fact that I gobbled up two cookies straight out of the oven ought to be proof enough that these were really tasty cookies.  

Hoping that your family loves these cookies as much as mine did.  And if your quest for Mexican chocolate happens to take you to World Market - consider yourself lucky.  

Ciao!

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