Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

Total Time: 53 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 (8 ounce) bag chocolate chips
• 6 ounces dried sweetened cranberries (craisins)

Recipe

• 1 1. cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar. beat in eggs one at a time and stir in the vanilla.
• 2 2. in separate bowl, mix flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. add to creamed mixture slowly so it's perfectly integrated.
• 3 3. add oatmeal one cup at a time and stir in until well-combined. i find this step is easier to do sometimes with a big wooden spoon instead of with the kitchenaid mixer. the mixer sometimes gets overwhelmed by the heft of the oatmeal!
• 4 4. add chocolate and cranberries and mix well. let refrigerate for half an hour.
• 5 5. place walnut-sized balls on lightly greased baking sheet. these don't flatten out much so if you like a flatter cookie, flatten with a fork dipped in sugar (or the palm of your hand!). bake at 375 for 8 minutes. they will come out looking really doughy, but they stiffen as they cool. 8 minutes results in a perfectly chewy cookie.