Chewy Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal cookies have always been my personal all time favourite….for some odd reason, I equate the oatmeal in the cookie as the ticket to a guilt free treat. Healthy, full of roughage and your daily intake of full grain cereal. Go, go directly to the kitchen and start baking!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pure almond extract
3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch sea salt
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats (not the instant kind)
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2/3 cup sun dried cherries (cranberries or blueberries can be substituted)
1 cup chopped good quality semi sweet chocolate, chopped into random size chunks
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pure almond extract
3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch sea salt
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats (not the instant kind)
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2/3 cup sun dried cherries (cranberries or blueberries can be substituted)
1 cup chopped good quality semi sweet chocolate, chopped into random size chunks
Method:
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Preheat the oven to 350 F.
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Beat the butter and both sugars together until light and pale in colour.
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Add the egg and both extracts.
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Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Mix into the batter along with the oats, coconut cherries and chocolate.
Beat the mixture well to incorporate all the ingredients evenly. -
Chill the batter for 1 hour. Using an ice cream scoop (to give you uniform size cookies) portion even scoops on a parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet.
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Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Makes 30-36
Copyright © Caren McSherry / 02/08
