Oatmeal Cookies with Tart Cherries and White Chocolate Morsels
Chewy oatmeal cookies with a delightful combination of white chocolate and tart dried cherries for a little sweet, a little tart and repeat.
Ingredients
For Greasing the Cookie Pan:
- 2 tablespoons butter or the pan can be lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat
For the Dry Ingredients:
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
FOR THE COOKIE DOUGH:
- 1 cup butter, softened (salted)
- 1 cup (firmly packed) brown sugar light or dark
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- Dry Ingredients
Oats, Dried Cherries and White Chocolate Morsels
- 3 cups uncooked quick or old-fashioned oats (not the instant type)
- 1-1/3 cups dried cherries
- 1-1/3 cups white chocolate chip morsels
Equipment
- Large Cookie Sheet/Sheets (18" x 13") (half the size of a full sheet pan)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
For the Cookie Sheet 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). 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 COOKIE DOUGH:
- 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.
- Vanilla and Eggs - in the large mixing bowl, add vanilla extract and eggs*. Beat in the vanilla and eggs.*Rather than adding the eggs directly into the mixing bowl, first crack them into a small bowl just in case there is a bad egg. This way the bad egg won't contaminate the ingredients that are already in the mixing bowl.
- 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.
- Oats, Dried Cherries and White Chocolate Morsels - 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.
BAKE:
- Bake in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees F.) until the edges of the cookies are a light golden brown and the middle of the cookies are still soft (10 to 11 minutes).
COOL AND SERVE:
- Transfer the cookies onto a wire rack and cool before serving.
Recipe adapted from Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies.
Notes
TIPS:
- Rather than adding the eggs directly into the mixing bowl, first crack them into a small bowl just in case there is a bad egg. This way the bad egg won't contaminate the ingredients that are already in the mixing bowl.
- For a chewy cookie, remove the cookies from the oven while the middle is still soft.