Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Reviews

• DawnAble
  
  May 30, 2018

  A tasty cookie- I might make again. I only had jumbo eggs and that may be why I wasn't as thrilled with them as anticipated, as they were super soft. I don't like candy chips, so I went heavier on the fruit, keeping the cranberries and raisins, and adding a little over a cup of chopped dates. If I'd had pecans I would definitely have added 1/2 c or so. If I make these again and only have jumbo eggs I'll maybe add some coconut and/or a little extra oatmeal for some additional density. I was also peeved that the recipe failed to specify fresh or dried orange peel; all I had was Penzey's orange peel, so to be safe I only used 1 1/4 tsp, which was plenty. Baked at 375? for 10 minutes and they were just right, although I used a steel pan and an aluminum pan and discovered that the steel pan was better because the cookies didn't spread so much.

• Janell
  
  Dec 9, 2017

  I made this exactly as the recipe stated (after the first batch I had to turn the oven down to about 360). They were AMAZING. No tweaks other than the temperature. I just found my go-to holiday cookie recipe!

• Emily
  
  Dec 2, 2017

  The base dough for this recipe is excellent. I used pistachios and fresh cranberries. I still had my oven set to 350 and forgot to change it.. but they turned out great anyway. One of the best cookies i've ever tasted.

• Msladj
  
  Apr 26, 2017

  These were yummy. I made them with cranberries and dark mini chocolate chips, a bit of coconut.

• Peapod0114
  
  Nov 30, 2016

  Really good! Easy to adapt for your own personal taste or if you don't have some ingredients which is usually really hard and dangerous when it comes to baking. I didn't have raisins, an orange to zest or white baking chips. So instead I omitted raisins all together, used mini chocolate chips, and used a bag of crasins I had in the pantry. The results were nothing short of spectacular. The only other thing I adjusted was the size of my cookie. Instead of doing rounded teaspoons I did rounded tablespoons so it didn't make as many cookies your yield would make 6 batches (12 cookies per batch) where mine had a yield of 4. If I would have added the raisins though I probably would have been at 5. Another wonderful thing I found with this recipe besides the taste was that it was all real easy, simple ingredients that most people would have at home and not have to run to the store for. So because of the taste, easy ingredients, and its adaptability I gave it a five star rating. Great job and thank you so much for sharing.

• sgronholz
  
  Dec 7, 2015

  After reading some of the previous reviews, I decided to substitute dried cranberries for the raisins. We thought the flavor combination of cranberries, orange and vanilla chips was fantastic!

• menkens
  
  May 27, 2015

  Omitted the raisins and forgot the orange! Substituted almond flavoring for vanilla -- used splenda and two cups of fresh cranberries quartered... very good because we like the tartness of cranberries. Just wish I could find mini vanilla chips because I think that would make them better texture wise!

• Susanmw
  
  Jan 19, 2015

  Left out the raisins. Really good flavor. Made these to go on the Christmas goodie trays for neighbors. Yummy and pretty cookies! Hubby really loved them.

• Meckrem
  
  Jan 2, 2015

  I thought they were a good blend of somewhat healthy (oats, fresh cranberries, raisins) and chocolate chips. I cut down the sugar a little, and they were still yummy enough to disappear quickly.

• LeslieH
  
  Dec 11, 2014

  Very tasty. I did not have any raisins so added dried cranberries instead. A nice addition for those who do not like raisins. I noted that the amount of salt is not listed. I added 1/4 tsp of salt.