Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Source: Amanda Zadok; Carver, Massachusetts
Yield: Approximately 3 ½ dozen cookies
Ingredients
⅔ cup Butter or Margarine, softened
⅔ cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 ½ cups Old Fashioned Oats
1 ½ cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
1 Bag of Sweetened Dried Cranberries (6 oz.)
⅔ cup Chocolate Chips
½ cup Chopped Walnuts
Method
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using an electric mixer beat butter or margarine and brown sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition. Stir in sweetened dried cranberries, chocolate chips and walnuts.
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until gold brown.
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