Chewy Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
These Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies are soft and chewy and make a great sweet treat! They are packed with oats, sweetened dried cranberries, crunchy pecans and white chocolate chips.
Servings 24 cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 small egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup dried sweetened cranberries Craisins
- ¾ cup pecan pieces toasted
- ¾ cup quick cooking oats
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- With a stand or electric mixer, beat the butter at medium speed until creamy for about 1 minute.Gradually add both sugars, beating well for 2 minutes.½ cup butter, ½ cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup granulated sugar
- Add in the egg and vanilla. Beat until combined.1 small egg, 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and whisk together.1 cup all-purpose flour, ½ tsp. baking soda, ¼ tsp. baking powder, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, mix until blended.
- Add the cranberries, pecans, oats and white chocolate chips and give a quick mix just until combined or stir in by hand.¾ cup dried sweetened cranberries, ¾ cup pecan pieces, ¾ cup quick cooking oats, ½ cup white chocolate chips
- For thicker cookies, refrigerate the dough for 20-30 minutes at this point.
- Drop dough by heaping Tablespoonful’s – 2 inches apart on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper.If baking in batches place the additional cookie dough in the fridge.
- Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned. Finish cooking on the hot baking sheet for 2 minutes.Transfer to a baking rack for cooling.
Notes
- for thicker cookies refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes before baking.
- For prettier cookies, dot the outside of the portioned cook dough with cranberries/pecans/white chocolate chips before baking.
- Pull the cookies a minute before they start to brown on the edges. Then let them finish cooking on the hot cookie sheet.
- If you like perfectly round cookies, when they come out of the oven and they are still hot take a large glass and place it over the cookie. Shimmy the cookie around under the glass and it will take the shape of the perfectly round glass.
