Chewy oatmeal cookies with a delightful combination of white chocolate morsels and tart dried cherries for a little sweet, a little tart and repeat.

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies on plate

Soft and chewy oatmeal cookies are the best.

Especially when they have white chocolate morsels and tart dried cherries in each bite like these cookies do.

The white chocolate morsels give this cookie a wonderful, sweet bite to it and the dried cherries add a little tartness.

And these two flavors in combination with the heartiness of oatmeal taste divine.

There’s also a very subtle taste of salt in these cookies that is so good along with all of the flavors and textures going on in each bite.

About the Dried Cherries

Dried cherries may not always be available in the grocery store and if they are, a bag of them may be fairly expensive.

They’re generally located by where the raisins are.

If the grocery store has bulk-type bins with nuts and grains, they may also have dried cherries.

I buy dried cherries at a local ranch-type market where they sell them in bulk in a bin.

This way I get just the amount that I need plus a few for snacking of course.

Serve these oatmeal cookies as a snack, dessert or just because.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Cherry Oatmeal Cookie Ingredients

Uncooked quick or old-fashioned oats (not the instant type), dried cherries, white chocolate morsels, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg, flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

A quick note in case you may notice any quantity differences between the pictures below and the actual written recipe…

In the following step-by-step pictures, I made a half-batch of these delicious cookies.

The written recipe at the bottom of this post reflects the full recipe.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Dry Ingredients:

Add flour in bowl

For the Dry Ingredients – in a medium size bowl, add flour…

Add baking soda in bowl

…baking soda…

Add salt to bowl

…salt…

Add cinnamon to bowl

…and…

Add cinnamon to bowl

…ground cinnamon.

Whisk dry ingredients in bowl

Whisk together…

Whisk dry ingredients in bowl

…and set aside.

Butter and Sugar:

Add butter to bowl

For the Butter and Sugar Mixture – In a large mixing bowl add softened butter…

Add brown sugar to bowl

…brown sugar…

Add sugar to bowl

…and granulated sugar.

Cream butter and sugar

Beat with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.

Cookie Dough:

Add vanilla to cookie dough

For the Cookie Dough – To the large mixing bowl, add vanilla extract…

Add egg to cookie dough

…and eggs.

Mix cookie dough in bowl

Beat in the vanilla and egg.

Add flour to cookie dough

To the mixing bowl, add the flour mixture a little at a time.

Mix cookie dough in bowl

Set the mixer on low and…

Add flour to cookie dough

…gradually beat in the flour mixture.

Mix cookie dough in bowl

With a soft spatula, scrape any residual flour off the sides of the mixing bowl and stir it into the dough.

Add oatmeal to cookie dough

To the mixing bowl, add oatmeal…

Add dried cherries to dough

…dried cherries…

Add white chocolate in dough

…and white chocolate morsels.

Oatmeal cookie dough in bowl

Using a soft spatula or large spoon…

Stir oatmeal cookie dough

…stir together…

Oatmeal cookie dough in bowl

Cookie dough in bowl

…until combined.

Cookie dough balls on pan

Grease a cookie sheet with butter (instead of greasing the cookie sheet with butter, the pan can be lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat if preferred).

Cookie dough balls in pan

To the cookie sheet, drop the dough by 2 rounded tablespoons per cookie

Cookie dough balls on pan

…that are spaced a couple inches apart.

Cookie dough balls on pan

Bake:

Next, bake in a preheated oven (350 degrees F.) until the edges are a light golden brown and the middle of the cookies are still soft (about 11 to 13 minutes).

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies on pan

TIP – For a chewy cookie, remove the cookies from the oven while the middle is still soft.

Cool:

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies on rack

Transfer the cookies onto…

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies on plate

…a wire rack and…

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies on plate

…cool before serving.

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies on plate

Bite of tart cherry oatmeal cookie

This recipe is adapted from Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies.

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Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Simple Oatmeal Cookies with Tart Cherries

Chewy oatmeal cookies with a delightful combination of white chocolate morsels and tart dried cherries for a little sweet, a little tart and repeat.
5 from 2 votes

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter (salted) softened
  • 1 cup (firmly packed) brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups uncooked quick or old-fashioned oats (not the instant type)
  • 1-1/3 cups white chocolate chip morsels
  • 1-1/3 cups dried cherries
  • 2 tablespoons butter for greasing the cookie sheet (instead, the pan can be lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat can be used)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease a cookie sheet with butter (instead of greasing the cookie sheet with butter, the pan can be lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat if preferred). Set aside.
  • For the Dry Ingredients - in a medium size bowl add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Whisk together and set aside.
  • For the Butter and Sugar - in a large mixing bowl, add the softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Beat with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
  • For the Cookie Dough - in the large mixing bowl, add vanilla extract and eggs. Beat in the vanilla and egg.
  • To the mixing bowl, add the flour mixture a little at a time. Set the mixer on low and gradually beat in the flour mixture.
  • With a soft spatula, scrape any residual flour off the sides of the mixing bowl and stir it into the dough.
  • To the mixing bowl, add oatmeal, dried cherries and white chocolate morsels. Using a soft spatula or large spoon, stir together until combined.
  • To the cookie sheet, drop the dough by 2 rounded tablespoons per cookie that are spaced a couple inches apart.
  • Baking the Cookies - bake in a preheated oven until the edges are a light golden brown and the middle of the cookies are still soft (about 11 to 13 minutes).
  • Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cool before serving.

Recipe adapted from Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies.

    Notes

    TIP:

    For a chewy cookie, remove the cookies from the oven while the middle is still soft.

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