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Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Spice Cookies

by on November 29, 2010 in Cookies, Desserts November 29, 2010 CookiesDesserts
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The most rich and delectable holiday cookies you will EVER try!

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

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!

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Nela on 1.22.2011

Very good cookies! My family enjoyed them! :)

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jeremyslove on 12.23.2010

These are my new favorite cookies…I’ve passed on this recipe to a ton of people in the last week. (I made them last weekend). I will never make a plain ole chocolate chip cookie again! WOW…thanks for sharing!

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caroline11 on 12.4.2010

made these this morning and they are to die for. love the texture and how the flavors play off one another. They are a little on the large size, so I had to actually cook mine for 15 minutes. Next time I might try to make the cookies a little smaller. Definitely keeping this recipe! Thanks

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BradleyFarms on 12.11.2010

Not sure where I went wrong with these, but they spread absolutely flat (pan was completely cool). I went back and added a couple tablespoons of flour to the remaining dough, and thoroughly refrigerated the dough & tried again. This time was better (also made them larger this time), although still doesn’t look to be the same consistency as the pic. Great flavor combo, but next time I’ll use cake flour & a little more of it, and chill the dough. Advice anyone?

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Stephanie on 12.9.2010

Oh my gosh! I made these today and they are awesome! A great blend of flavors and textures. I added about a cup of walnuts as well and found I really didn’t need them. I didn’t make them quite as large as the recipe called for because I don’t like huge cookies, but I still baked them for 12 mins and they came out perfectly browned. These would make great exchange cookies or cookies for a party/pot luck.

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