Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Submitted by Wendy W88

"I took a chewy Cape Cod version of an oatmeal cookie recipe and substituted cranberries for the raisins, and added a few extra spices. A favorite at my house and easy to make! (These are a very chunky cookie.)"

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 2 dozen

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 -2 dash nutmeg
• 1 whole egg, slightly beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup melted shortening
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 3⁄4 cups uncooked oatmeal
• 1⁄2 cup ocean spray dried sweetened cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Mix flour, soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix together well.
4. Drop by spoonful on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
5. Cool for 2 minutes and enjoy!
6. (These are also very fab with dried cherries and chocolate chips! YUM!).

Reviews

[Geema]

Great cookie! I followed the easy instructions and the cookies came out perfect. I really loved the cranberries replacing the usual raisins. Thanks Wendy for a good recipe.

 

[duckit]

Thanks for a great recipe. I had tried another oatmeal cookie and they seemed on the dry side. Yours are very good. Thanks

 

[Rhonda J]

While I would give this cookie a five star for taste, I found the dough a little stiff and dry and my cookies came out kinda hunky,didn't really spread the way I like. I thought I was very careful about measuring out the dry ingredients?? The middles were soft but I prefer a cookie that is soft and moist all over with a little crispiness to the edges.Mine only needed 10 mins. any longer and they would have been very dry. I left out the nuts and added white chocolate chips. Very tasty just did not have the texture I like. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[Katie Freund]

Yummy cookies and easy to make.