Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe - chewy oatmeal cookies filled with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips! It's quick and easy to make a batch and enjoy with a glass of milk!
It's this time of year again! A free pass to bake cookies every day! Ginger molasses cookies, red velvet crinkle cookies, double chocolate M&M cookies and while we are all in, let's pour a tall mug of hot chocolate and turn up the Christmas music! Decorating the Christmas tree and the fireplace mantel is so much more fun when there is a big plate of cookies on the table.
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In our family, decorating the Christmas tree is a big event. Everybody is helping, favorite decorations are being pulled out of the boxes and new ones added to the collection. Each year, our kiddos make their own ornaments. There is glitter, paint and colorful washi tape everywhere. And there is fun. Lots and lots of fun!
Such activities require a good sweet treat. These chewy oatmeal cookies, filled with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips are perfect for that! I make the dough the night before and let it chill in the fridge all night and bake them the next day. We even make them to share with friends, family, neighbors. I hope you will make a batch too!
Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup old-fashioned oats not quick cooking
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves optional
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted, cooled, 1 stick
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- ¾ cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves (if using), salt.
- In another mixing bowl, stir together butter vanilla, both sugars and egg. Stir until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until combined. The dough will be sticky.
- Add chocolate chips and dried cranberries and mix in well.
- Cover the bowl with saran wrap and place in fridge for at least 2 hours to overnight.
- When ready to bake, line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Scoop the dough with medium size cookie scoop (1 and ½ Tablespoon size). Place scoops of dough on prepared baking sheet, spacing them 2" apart. Add few chocolate chips on each scoop, if desired.
- Bake cookies for 13 to 15 minutes. For me 14 minutes was the magic number.
- Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer onto cooling rack.
Krissie M Cully says
Can I premake them and freeze them until I'm ready to bake them?
Anna says
Hi Krissie! Yep! You can make the dough, shape into balls, freeze and bake when ready. Enjoy!
Diane says
Love these. I double the recipe, add orange zest and bake in a sprayed 9x13 for about 32 min and cut into bars
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Larza says
These are delicious! Perfectly chewy and amazing.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you so much, Larza! I am so glad you enjoyed the cookies!
D'Anna says
How many cookies in a batch?
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi D'Anna! It makes about 2 dozen. Enjoy!
Tracy says
Hi Anna, just wanna tell you I tried this last weekend (adjusted to my preference ;P) and the cookies taste really good!! Thank you!
Jessica says
White chocolate and cranberry is an amazing combination!
Brandy says
I live for cranberry season! These look great!
Medha says
Cranberry and white chocolate are such a great combination- the creamy chocolate and tart berries really take everything to the next level 🙂
Sharon says
I love this combination of cranberries with oatmeal! This recipe is very inspiring!
Sabrina says
I love using dried fruit in cookies! These ones look delicious!
Sues says
This is very high up there on my list of favorite combination of ingredients in a cookie. So perfect for the holidays, too, and ESPECIALLY for tree decorating 🙂
Amanda says
I can't get over how amazing these cookies look!!
Michelle says
Those would be a huge hit with my family.
Amy Stafford says
What a great holiday cookie that everyone would love!