Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
The beginning of another week is here and as I get back into my normal routine after last weeks crazy events I thought something home baked was in order.
Oatmeal cookies were never my go to cookie for baking or for eating. I stuck with chocolate chip usually and my favorite rainbow cookie if I was in a bakery. However my husband put in a request for oatmeal cookies.
I always found the typical oatmeal raisin cookie kind of boring. So by adding dark chocolate chips and dried cranberries I thought I could fancy things up a bit. I also substituted the normal 2 cups of white flour for 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour to 1/2 cup white flour. I also used vegetable oil in place of butter. Trying to keep it healthy over here and all.
The result was pretty delicious I may say. It didn’t hurt that they took about 35 minutes total to make from start to finish.
Ingredients
1/2 Cup Whole-Wheat Flour
1/2 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
2/3 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 Cup Rolled Oats
1/3 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips
1/3 Cup Dried Cranberries
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flours and baking powder and set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, egg, and vanilla.
Add flours and stir to combine.
Mix in oats chocolate and dried cranberries.
Roll dough into balls (about a large Tablespoon worth) place dough on baking sheet lined with parchment paper, 1 1/2 inches apart.
Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
Cool completely. (Though I like to eat them still a little warm out of the oven!)
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Delicious and so pretty! Wonderful photos too!
Thank you Sandra!
Hmmm… Milk please! Just kidding. I’ve been wanting to bake cookies (but I’m not a baker so I can’t bake nice cookies like you), but my weight has been going up and I’ve been reluctant. But looking at these cookies, it’s so hard to resist. I guess this week I’ll bake cookies. Ha! =D
Nami- These cookies are super easy and to keep calories down I’ve made them with a full cup of whole wheat and half the amount of chocolate chips and they were still really yummy and low in calories!
Yum! I love how full these are of chips and cranberrys.
Thank you!
Chocolate and cranberry is such a delicious combination. Those cookies look scrumptious!
Thank you!! They are!
Wonderful flavor combination. Love these.
Thanks!!
Cookies! Fast, good and healthy. Can’t beat that combo. Liked how you stacked up the cookies.
Fast, good and healthy is always great! I need to figure out how to make more recipes that follow those 3 guidelines!
I adore oatmeal cookies and this is a wonderful recipe. How can you beat oatmeal, chocolate and dried cranberries!
Thanks Krisit! Chocolate and dried cranberries is definitely a GREAT combo!
Those look absolutely delicious!!! I adore oatmeal raisin cookies, but I can only imagine how fabulous those taste! I can’t wait to try these!
They are really wonderful! They dont last very long in this house when I make a batch!
These look amazing, a hearty oatmeal cookie with all kinds of good stuff in there. I like that you added some whole wheat flour (adds such a nice flavor). Thanks for sharing. I am enjoying your adventures through your other website as well (you two are adorable!).