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Dried Cranberries in a traditional oatmeal cookie are delicious Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies. This soft cookie is packed full of flavor and is perfect for eating right away or freezing for later.
Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies are very similar to a traditional oatmeal raisin cookie. I just substituted the dried cranberries for the raisins.
It is surprising that since the cookie is still the same, the taste of the cookie seems to really change.
I used dried, sweetened cranberries in these cookies. If you’d rather, you could add raisins. These would be delicious with chocolate chips too, but I didn’t want to get too carried away this time!
I already have an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe and an old fashioned iced oatmeal cookie recipe. But there’s no such thing as too many cookie recipes!
Tips
- Make certain your butter is at room temperature
- Whip butter before adding any other ingredients
- Mix in brown sugar until smooth and creamy
- Use real vanilla, not imitation
- Use Old Fashioned Oats – not quick cook oats. Old Fashioned Oats are thicker and hold together better in these cookies.
- Add sweetened dried cranberries
How do I store these cookies?
- Allow cookies to cool completely on a baking rack
- Place cookies in an airtight container
- Store at room temperature
Freezing Cookies
These cookies are perfect for making ahead of time and freezing.
To freeze:
- Allow cookies to cool completely on a baking rack
- Place cookies in an airtight container or a freezer bag
- Arrange cookies in a single layer
- Place a piece of parchment paper or waxed paper on top of cookies and add another layer of cookies
- Freeze container in a flat position
- Cookies will last up to three months in a deep freezer
To thaw:
- Remove cookies from freezer
- Let sit for at least 2 hours at room temperature
- Serve
My grandmother used to make batches of cookies and freeze them. She always had cookies to serve if anyone dropped over for a visit. My sister also freezes cookies, but not to serve to company. She likes to eat them frozen! She pulls out one at a time and eats them in their hard frozen state.
Other great cookie recipes:
- Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Carrot Cookies
- Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies
- Peppermint Sugar Cookies
- Cranberry Swirl Cookies
- Dark Chocolate Oat Cookies
- Pecan Icebox Cookies
- Lemon Sugar Cookies
- Thumbprint Cookies
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Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter until soft and light. Add brown sugar and continue mixing.
- Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
- Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix well.
- Add oats. Mix just until combined.
- Fold in dried cranberries.
- Form small scoops of cookies. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes on baking sheet and then remove to a baking rack to continue cooling.
Notes
Tips
- Make certain your butter is at room temperature
- Whip butter before adding any other ingredients
- Mix in brown sugar until smooth and creamy
- Use real vanilla, not imitation
- Use Old Fashioned Oats - not quick cook oats. Old Fashioned Oats are thicker and hold together better in these cookies.
- Add sweetened dried cranberries
Nutrition
27 Comments
F. Fox
November 18, 2020 at 3:10 pmMy family is crazy about these cookies! Yummy!
Kathy
November 18, 2020 at 3:12 pmThat is so awesome! Thanks for leaving a comment and letting me know! 🙂
Lupe b
August 25, 2020 at 12:45 pmReally easy I added walnuts but I will add a bit more sugar good with coffee
Kathy
August 25, 2020 at 7:02 pmNothing better than freshly baked cookies with a good cup of coffee!
Ana
April 14, 2020 at 4:42 pmI really liked them, they were delicious! Easy to prepare and good texture. Thanks!
Kathy
April 14, 2020 at 8:04 pmThank you!
Laura
February 29, 2020 at 8:03 amReally good flavor, but I think they could use a small amount of granulated sugar as well, they don’t spread out very much and they’re not very sweet, or you could use less oats. A really easy recipe though and you could totally add white chocolate chips or orange zest to really make them sing! Over all not bad at all.
Kathy
February 29, 2020 at 10:27 amHi Laura,
Thanks for your feedback. These cookies do not spread out like a chocolate chip cookie, and you’re right, they really aren’t that sweet.