Oatmeal and Flax Cranberry Cookies
Oatmeal and Flax Cranberry Cookies
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| Yield: | 3 1/2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 cup soft butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant or quick cooking)
- 1/2 cup whole flax meal
- 1/4 cup whole flax seeds
- 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries or raisins
- 1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts, optional; walnuts or pecans are tasty
Directions
1) Lightly grease two baking sheets, or line them with parchment.
2) In a large bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, baking soda, salt, and egg until fluffy.
3) Mix in the flour, oats, flax meal and seeds, dried fruit, and nuts.
4) Let the dough rest for 30 minutes or so at room temperature, for the oats to soften. Towards the end of the rest period, preheat the oven to 350°F.
5) Scoop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Flatten each ball of dough slightly.
6) Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown. Cool them on the baking sheets for 15 minutes or so, to allow them to set. Move them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Yield: 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
Reviews
- 04/24/2012
- These are SO good! I was telling my friends about them, and today, one showed me a "Grass and Grain" newspaper, and this recipe was in it recently! Others obviously know a good thing when they see it. Ha!
- 04/11/2012
- Very easy and healthy! Cake like consistency right after coming out of oven. I wonder how texture changes tomorrow. It was a winner!
- 04/01/2012
- Easy to make. I too measured vs. weighing my dry ingredients and I also added some dehydrated apple bits in addition to dried cranberries and raisins--so the batter seemed a bit dry . Only change was to add 1 extra egg yolk and a couple of tablespoons of milk. I used the convection feature on my oven and reduced temp to about 320F. The cookies were cooked in about 10-11 minutes. I got exactly 42 cookies. Delicious.
- 03/31/2012
- These cookies are WONDERFUL! I made them with unbleached white flour and added some white chocolate chips and cranraisins. I followed the directions using volume and baked them on a silicone baking mat. I found, in my oven, they needed 14 minutes and came out somewhere between cake-like and chewy. Just like I wanted them! We'll make them again for sure! The best oatmeal cookie I've ever had!
- 03/19/2012
- Good, healthy cookie:) The first time I made them I took a suggestion of a reviewer and halved the dough mixing in cranberries with first half and the other half with chocolate chips. This time I made the whole batch using mini-chocolate chips with diced blanched almonds. I left out the cinnamon, but for a Mexican chocolate kick you could leave in the cinnamon.
- 01/27/2012
- Made these cookies a second time (did not know what else to do with all the flax I bought). I was so happy to discover you could view this recipe in ounces rather than cups. I measured the flour on the scale to get it right. I also creamed the butter and sugar with the vanilla, baking soda, and cinnamon first then added the egg. Worked great this time. I would just advise people that this is not a very forgiving recipe and be careful about the amount of add-ins.
01/25/2012- Just made these cookies exactly by the recipe using cranberries and 1/4 cup walnuts. It was hard to get the tablespoon of dough to hold together to drop on the cookie sheet because it was so dry. I don't understand how someone actually made these successfully with half the butter. I think this recipe needs more testing. Cookie was not good enough to want to share with others.
I am sorry this recipe did not work for you. Perhaps you went a little heavy on the flour. Please take a look at our site for How to measure flour. If you need further assistance, please give us a call, 1-800-827-6836. Elisabeth
- 11/10/2011
- Great tasting cookies. I've added this recipe to my favorites!
- 10/28/2011
- I divided the dough into two batches. I followed the recipe exactly with one half. In the second half I left out cinnamon and cranberries and substituted a cup of semisweet chocolate chips. Both were excellent!
- 10/08/2011
- Excellent recipe--I like it better with raisins tho.
