Oatmeal Cookies with Cream Cheese, Amaretto and Chocolate Chips

Oatmeal Cookies with Cream Cheese, Amaretto and Chocolate Chips

(makes between 3-4 dozen)

150g/1 cup butter

100g/2/3 cup Philadelphia cream cheese

160g/1 cup light brown sugar

75g/3/8 cup caster/granulated sugar

1 large or 2 small vanilla pods, seeds scraped

1 tbsp Amaretto or toffee vodka

2 eggs

150g/ 1 cup flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 large pinches ordinary (not flaked) salt

140g/1.5 cups porridge/rolled oats

140g/1.5 cups granola

200g/1 cup mini chocolate chips

With a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream the butter and sugars together, then add the vanilla, Amaretto and eggs.  Mix thoroughly.  In another bowl, fork together the flour, soda and salt, and add to the butter mixture.  Mix well, then pour in the oats and granola and chips and mix thoroughly.  Butter a cookie sheet and drop generous tablespoonsful of batter, leaving plenty of space for the cookies to run.

Bake at 170C/325F for about 12 minutes, then remove cookies to a rack to cool.