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Festive Cranberry Oat Cookies Recipe

These cookies that I adapted from another recipe call to mind ones my mother used to bake. Instead of stirring in raisins like she did, though, I add bright red cranberries for festive flair.

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Festive Cranberry Oat Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/4 cups dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
2/3 cup vanilla or white chips

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Drop by tablespoonfuls 3-in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 200 calories, 11 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 32 mg cholesterol, 165 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Cranberry Oat Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2000, p34