Oatmeal Cherry Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup
butter, softened
1 cup
brown sugar
½ cup
sugar
2
eggs
1 tsp.
vanilla extract
1 ½ cups
flour
1 tsp.
baking powder
½ tsp.
salt
2 cups
quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
1 ½ cups
dried tart cherries
1 cup
semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and sugar on medium speed until creamy (3-4 min.).
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture.
- Stir in oats, cherries and chocolate chips.
- Drop rounded tablespoon of batter onto an ungreased cookie sheet; bake in preheated oven until golden-brown (10-12 min.).
- Remove from oven; let cookies rest on cookie sheet for 1 min., then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store cookies in a tightly covered container until ready to serve.
Recipe courtesy of Cherry Marketing Board.
