Description
These Cranberry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies are a delightful blend of chewy oats, tart cranberries, crunchy pecans, and sweet white chocolate chips. Perfect for holiday baking or an anytime treat, these cookies offer a wonderful mix of flavors and textures that will please any crowd.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cups uncooked oats
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Beat until creamy.
- Mix in eggs and vanilla extract. Beat until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix well.
- Stir in oats, then gently fold in cranberries, pecans, and white chocolate chips.
- Drop rounded teaspoons of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies begin to brown around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.
Notes
- You can substitute the white chocolate chips with dark or milk chocolate chips if preferred.
- For a chewier cookie, slightly underbake the cookies and allow them to cool on the baking sheet.
- If fresh cranberries are not available, dried cranberries can be used instead, though they will be sweeter.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 100 kcal
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 25mg