Lada's Kitchen

Cranberry-Nut Oatmeal Cookies

There are many cookie recipes you can find, but I like these oatmeal cookies, which are very moist with a hint of dried cranberries, raisins, walnuts, and semisweet chocolates.

I have been baking a lot cookies from variety of different recipes, but this one has a perfect balance of flavor and texture. It is good for breakfast or afternoon tea.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

1/4 cup dried cranberries

1/4 cup raisins (optional)

1/4 cup semisweet chocolates (optional)

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

These are some ingredients for oatmeal cookies.

Directions

Before baking leave butter and eggs on the kitchen countertop for about an hour at room temperature, it helps soften butter.

In a medium bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon and stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in quick oats. I also add dried cranberries, raisins, walnuts, and semisweet chocolate. If you have time, cover and chill dough for at least one hour but it is not necessary. They are yummy anyway.

Preheat the oven to 370 degrees F. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Roll the dough into small sized balls or about 1 tablespoon and place them about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet. I use the measuring cup, or a large folk, or use your hand and flatten cookies slightly. They are about 1/2 inch thick. Today I make about 13 cookies.

Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Allow cookies to cool on a baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely or you can have a warm yummy cookie right away. Enjoy ka!