4ozunsalted butter, room temperatureroom temperature
1cuppacked dark brown sugar220 grams
2large eggs
¼cupmolasses
1tablespoonfreshly grated ginger
2tsp.finely grated lemon zestabout 1 lemon
¼cupsour cream or Greek yogurt
½cupold-fashioned oats
1 ¼raisinsgolden or regular
1 ¼cupsdried cranberries
1 ¼cupsroughly chopped walnutstoasted
Instructions
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a bowl and stir well; set aside.
Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the molasses, ginger and lemon zest, scraping sides of bowl, then fold in the sour cream.
By hand or with lowest speed of mixer, stir in the flour mixture.
Fold in oats and half of the raisins, cranberries and walnuts. Mix the remaining dried fruit and nuts in a small bowl and set aside.
Drop heaping tablespoons of batter onto the prepared baking sheets.
Top each with some of the reserved dried-fruit-and-nut mixture and
chill for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375. Bake the cookies until dark golden but still soft, 10-12 minutes; cool on a rack. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.