Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Spice Cookies

Ingredients

• 1-½ cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder (I Used Aluminum Free)
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• ½ teaspoons Allspice
• ¾ cups Shortening
• ¾ cups Brown Sugar
• ¾ cups White Sugar (I Used Ultra Fine)
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1-½ cup Whole Oats (I Used Organic Whole Grain)
• 1-½ cup Dried Cranberries
• 1 cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips (I Used 60% Cocoa)

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In medium bowl sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and allspice. In a separate large bowl, cream together shortening, brown sugar, and white sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine well.

Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Then add oats, cranberries, and chocolate if you so desire.

Use 1/4 cup and scoop cookie dough onto cookie sheets. You should get about 6 per sheet.

Bake for at least 8 minutes, but most likely you will bake these for 12 depending on your stove.

If you chose to not add the chocolate chips directly to the dough, you can melt chips in the microwave and drizzle or dip the cookies after they have cooled.

This would also be excellent with white chocolate!

Be sure to check out the related blog post to see the chocolate variations you can try!