Cranberry Orange Walnut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Posted by NancyRadler on December 4th, 2008 at 12:00am

Everyone I have served these to has loved them so here is the recipe. Make sure to plump the cranberries. As oatmeal cookies go, these should turn out a little fluffy. These are great for breakfast or a snack. The ginger and cinnamon will warm you up a bit too. Enjoy!

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Ingredients

3 lg. eggs (4 regular eggs)
3 sticks butter, unsalted, softened
3/4 C. packed dark brown sugar
3/4 C. sugar
1 Tbs. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. ginger powder or 1 tsp. fresh ginger
1 rounded tsp. salt
Zest of 1 orange
1 fully peeled chopped orange, use the zested one, just pare away the white pith first.
Juice of 1 orange + 1/2 C. water or cranberry juice
1 1/2 C. dried cranberries, plumped in hot water or cranberry juice for 20 minutes
2 Tbs. + 1 tsp. baking powder
2 C. flour
1 C. whole wheat flour
1 1/2 C. quick oats
1 1/2 C. chopped toasted Walnuts or Pecans

Directions

Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs 1 at a time and blend for about 1 minute each. Add salt, spices, orange zest and blend together. Sift together flours and baking powder. Add about 1/2 cup at a time, blend well, then add bit of the orange juice and water, blend well after each addition until all flour and orange juice is combined. Stir in the oats a little at at time. The dough will be heavy. Drain away most of the water or juice from cranberries and reserve. Stir in with chopped orange, cranberries and walnuts. If dough is too dry, add 1 tbs of plumping water until a bit more loose but still quite thick.

Use a teaspoon to place big teaspoon scoops onto greased cookie sheets, 3 across in a row (they spread a bit). Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until peaks of cookies are nicely brown. They should be a little soft in the middle. If you want more crunch, bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 minutes. Let them cool 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet or they will break up.

Cranberry Orange Walnut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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