Autumn Harvest Cookies

Submitted by senseicheryl

"This was listed as a new recipe on the www.allrecipes.com website. SUBMITTED BY: ramie7224. "An oatmeal-raisin cookie with a twist.""

 

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 42 cookies
• Serves: 42

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon orange extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 2 1⁄2 cups rolled oats
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup dried cranberries

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Cream together butter and the brown and white sugars in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and orange extract.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice; stir flour mixture into the sugar mixture. Add the rolled oats, walnuts and cranberries and mix thoroughly.
4. Using a small ice cream scoop or teaspoon, drop rounded scoops of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.