Oatmeal Chocolate Cherry Cookies -- Small Batch
Healthier cookies made with oats, cherries and chocolate.
Servings 15
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup flour use a mixture of white whole wheat and all-purpose (42 grams total)
- ¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 42 grams
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar 75 grams
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons lightly beaten egg 28 grams
- ½ cup dried cherries or cranberries
- 1 ½ ounces bittersweet chocolate coarsely chopped (42 grams)
- ¼ cup walnuts toasted and chopped
Instructions
- reheat oven to 350°. Combine flours, oats, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
- Microwave the butter for about a minute (or until melted) in a large microwave-safe liquid measuring cup. Stir the sugar into the butter and let cool for about 5 minutes.
- Add sugar mixture and vanilla to flour mixture and stir one or two strokes; add egg and stir until blended. Stir in cherries and nuts. Make sure batter isn’t too warm, then stir in chocolate. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 12 minutes. Cool on pan 3 minutes or until almost firm. Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks.
- Makes 15 cookies