Oatmeal Cherry Cookies

These Oatmeal Cherry Cookies are loaded with cherry flavor! I love the chewy texture!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword oatmeal cherry cookies

Method Oven

Main Ingredient Fruit

Meal Type Dessert

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 12

Total Time 1 12

Servings

Calories 279kcal

Author Kelli Miller

Ingredients

3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
½ cup white whole-wheat flour or whole-wheat pastry flour
1½ cups rolled oats not quick-cooking
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
6 Tbsp unsalted butter 3/4 stick
¾ cup brown sugar packed
½ cup dried cherries
½ cup dried cranberries
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg slightly beaten
3 ounches dark chocolate chopped
¾ cup chocolate chips
¼ cup turbinado sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, mix the flours with the oats, baking soda, and salt. Stir briefly with a whisk.
In a saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. When it’s melted, take it off the heat and stir in the brown sugar. Add the sugar and butter to the oat mixture, and stir with a spatula or wooden spoon until well combined.
Stir in the egg and vanilla, and then fold in the dried cherries, dried cranberries, and the chocolate pieces. Chill the Oatmeal Cherry Cookie dough in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove the dough from the freezer, scatter a work surface with a light coating of flour, and coat your hands with flour. Break the dough into two pieces, and roll each piece into a log between 10 to 12 inches long.
Dip a sharp knife into water, and cut each log into 15 slices. Roll each slice into a small ball, and place the balls on two parchment-paper-lined baking sheets.
Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, and cool them until they are firm enough to move onto racks.
When the cookies are cool, melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler over low heat. Dip a corner of each cookie into the melted chocolate chips, and return the cookie to its baking sheet of parchment paper to cool and solidify. If the warm chocolate begins to harden in the saucepan, return it to heat for a few moments. After you have dipped all the cookies in the melted chocolate, sprinkle the turbinado sugar over the chocolate portions.
Refrigerate the oatmeal cherry cookies for 20 minutes or until they are firm.

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