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Maple Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

 

A nice, chewy oatmeal cookie...
 

1¾ cups 

 

unbleached all-purpose flour

 

½ tsp 

 

baking soda

 

½ tsp 

 

salt

 

2 tsp 

 

ground cinnamon

 

½ cup 

 

(1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

 

1 cup 

 

packed dark or light brown sugar

 

1/3 cup 

 

granulated sugar

 

2 large 

 

eggs

 

½ cup 

 

pure maple syrup

 

2 tsp 

 

vanilla extract

 

1¾ cups 

 

old fashioned oatmeal (not quick cooking)

 

1½ cups 

 

dried cranberries

 

 

 

Sugar in the Raw, or coarse sugar, optional

 

 

1

Position a rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

2

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

3

In a large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar with an electric mixer until smoothly blended- about 1 minute. On low speed, add eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla; mix until blended. Mix in dry ingredients until moist. Mix in oats and cranberries until well combined.

4

Using ice cream scoop or ¼ cup measuring cup, scoop onto prepared sheets, spacing at least 2 inches apart (they spread). Sprinkle coarse sugar on top of each cookie, if desired.

5

Bake cookies one sheet at a time until the tops feel firm and the bottoms are lightly browned- 15-18 minutes.

6

Cool cookies on baking sheet for about 10 minutes; transfer to wire rack until completely cooled.

 

Yield: 2 dozen medium- sized cookies or about 15 large

 

 Cooking Tips

*Add 1/2 tsp. maple flavoring if you would like more of a maple flavor.

**Add 1 cup of chopped walnuts if you wish.

 

 Recipe Source

Big Fat Cookies

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