Oatmeal Cookies #236

Submitted by Susie in Texas

"When I decided to post this recipe I thought there must be several oatmeal cookie recipes already posted. I was right! I went thru 235 oatmeal cookie recipes already posted but none of them, I found, have these same ingredients. These are truly delicious, moist and chewy oatmeal cookies. And you can interchange the baking chips. Try them with white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips. This recipe makes 6 dozen cookies but bake half and freeze the other half for another day. I lay out film wrap and roll part of the prepared dough into logs and then wrap again in foil. Freeze until ready to use and then slice and bake."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 72

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄3 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups quick oats
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 (6 ounce) package cherry flavored dried sweetened cranberries (Craisins)

directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In large mixing bowl beat butter and brown sugar until smooth and creamy.
3. Add eggs, molasses and vanilla and combine well.
4. In another bowl combine oats, flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cinnamon, stirring to mix together.
5. Add dry ingredients slowly to the butter mixture, mixing until all dry ingredients are incorporated.
6. I do this using a wooden spoon because the dough becomes too thick for an electric mixer.
7. Add pecans, both kinds of baking chips and dried cranberries last.
8. Continue mixing by hand until all ingredients form a stiff dough.
9. Measuring about a tablespoon of dough for each cookie, place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
10. This cookie dough will not spread while baking so you might want to flatten each mound of dough just slightly with fingers or back of spoon.
11. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookie begins to brown.
12. Carefully Remove baked cookies from baking sheet as soon as they come out of the oven.

Reviews

[lmoren]

My husband loved these. I prefer a thinner cookie, but the flavor was good. It was a good way to use up leftover bags of chips. I used a mixture of butterscotch, white chips and semi-sweet. I used my 4 1/2 qt. Kitchenaid to mix them and had a hard time at the end because there was so much dough. Finished stirring by hand - took muscle!

 

[LonghornMama]

Made these for a lunchbox treat and the kids loved them. Used about 1 1/4 cups regular craisins and omitted the nuts cause one son won't eat them. Very yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[Godsbabygal]

I have made this cookie several times now and each time it turned out wonderful. The taste is awesome. I did not use cranberries but used cranrasins instead. I loved the texture. Really this was a good tasting and good looking cookie. I sole them at a bakegood sale for $2. each and sole out.

 

[Judy from Hawaii]

I love oatmeal cookies & am always ready to try a new recipe. I wasn't so sure about the combination of add ins in this recipe - butterscotch & craisins?? But they turned out great. DD & I just polished off a whole bunch of them warm from the oven. Thanks, Susie!

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

Yes, yes Susie, these are truly delicious! Wonderful chewy texture with a hint of cinnamon taste. I did however omit the dried cranberries and the butterscotch baking chips, and just used mini chocolate chips. This recipe makes a lot of cookies, so I took your advise and froze half of the dough. These are fantastic oatmeal cookies, I am always on the lookout for good cookie recipes, and this one happens to be on top of my list. Thanks for sharing Susie, I will be making this again!...Kitten:)