Cookies for Santa: Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies

[Xstatic1]

This is *almost* the best cookie ever. Add macadamia nut pieces to make it the best cookie ever. You can also use dried sour cherries instead of cranberries, but either works.

hmm, thanks for the sour cherries idea! :biggrin:

one day, i'll get around to adding macadamia nut to my fave chocolate chip cookie recipe.

I REALLY WANT! They look delicious X.

they were.

Allow me to threadcrap by saying "Booooooooo" to any cookie that pays homage to that false idol known as "white chocolate". It's white, but it sure as shit ain't chocolate.

I agree that it's not chocolate, but in some recipes, it's damned good...and "real" chocolate would overpower the flavors in the cookie.

this! :awe:

 

[Zeze]

They look great, but not enough crunch and nutty flavor.

I think best two ingredients for cookies are blocks of non-white chocolate and macadamia nuts.

 

[Mixolydian]

Thanks for posting this recipe, OP! I made them today and my whole family loved them! :thumbsup:

 

[Xstatic1]

They look great, but not enough crunch and nutty flavor.

I think best two ingredients for cookies are blocks of non-white chocolate and macadamia nuts.

one day, i'm soooo gonna add macadamia nuts to these (chocolate chip cookies) :

 

[Xstatic1]

Thanks for posting this recipe, OP! I made them today and my whole family loved them! :thumbsup:

'twas my pleasure. glad ya'll enjoyed 'em! :awe:

 

[yhelothar]

I want some... are they chewy or crunchy?

 

[Xstatic1]

I want some... are they chewy or crunchy?

they were very chewy. :awe:

 

[soulcougher73]

My wife made these inspired by this thread. Delish!

 

[BoomerD]

My wife made these inspired by this thread. Delish!

My wife and grandkids are making these right now...but she threw in some macadamia nuts too.
<rubs hands together in anticipation>

 

[Xstatic1]

My wife made these inspired by this thread. Delish!

yay!

My wife and grandkids are making these right now...but she threw in some macadamia nuts too.
<rubs hands together in anticipation>

mmm, i can't wait to bake a batch of cookies with mac nuts too.

 

[shopbruin]

Yum! How many did you yield? I might bake these for friends. I need to go find craisins.

mmm, i can't wait to bake a batch of cookies with mac nuts too.

Favorite cookies ever - white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. LOVE baking them!

 

[ShockwaveVT]

:hmm: i thought farm raised was better for seafood.

negatives about most aquatic "farms"
- lots of pollution - runoff, wastewater, etc
- fish are fed unnatural diets, including grain & ground up fish bits. result is higher mercury concentrations and lower omega-3 fatty acid ratios.


the healthiest (for you and the environment) and tastiest seafood is wild caught using sustainable fishing techniques. Unfortunately most wild-caught shrimp are caught with seine nets which result in large amounts of bycatch casualties. I'd have to look into it more, but that may be one seafood item worth going farmed for.

 

[ShockwaveVT]

oh and does anyone know a good substitute for Crisco?

 

[Mixolydian]

Yum! How many did you yield? I might bake these for friends. I need to go find craisins.

I got about 4 dozen from the recipe.

 

[Xstatic1]

Yum! How many did you yield? I might bake these for friends. I need to go find craisins.

28 cookies, but i'm heavy-handed.

Favorite cookies ever - white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. LOVE baking them!

recipe, please? pretty please.

negatives about most aquatic "farms"
- lots of pollution - runoff, wastewater, etc
- fish are fed unnatural diets, including grain & ground up fish bits. result is higher mercury concentrations and lower omega-3 fatty acid ratios.

the healthiest (for you and the environment) and tastiest seafood is wild caught using sustainable fishing techniques. Unfortunately most wild-caught shrimp are caught with seine nets which result in large amounts of bycatch casualties. I'd have to look into it more, but that may be one seafood item worth going farmed for.

ah, okay. so "wild caught" for seafood, except shrimp.

oh and does anyone know a good substitute for Crisco?

for this particular recipe, nope. (PM Boomerang, got the recipe from his post back in September). for cakes, i've used apple sauce to substitute for Crisco before.

 

[Xstatic1]

I got about 4 dozen from the recipe.

wow, that's more than me!

 

[BoomerD]

So far, the wimmenz have made the oatmeal/white chocolate chip/cranberry/macadamia nut cookies, peanut butter cookies, thumbprints, Russian Tea Cakes, snickerdoodles, chocolate crinkles, and frosted sugar cut-out cookies.
Still to come, home-made bread, banana bread, and cranberry-nut bread.

The baked goods are by far my favorite part of the Christmas season.

 

[Xstatic1]

So far, the wimmenz have made the oatmeal/white chocolate chip/cranberry/macadamia nut cookies, peanut butter cookies, thumbprints, Russian Tea Cakes, snickerdoodles, chocolate crinkles, and frosted sugar cut-out cookies.
Still to come, home-made bread, banana bread, and cranberry-nut bread.

The baked goods are by far my favorite part of the Christmas season.

my favorite part too! been recently traveling/visiting family with my BF (in Portland, OR for the holidays), but i did bake some other cookies before i left. i'll get those recipes posted soon.

any chance, are the wimmenz willing to share the cranberry nut bread recipe? :biggrin:

 

[shopbruin]

recipe, please? pretty please.

http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2009/07/14/white-chocolate-macadamia-nut-cookies/

This is the one I use every time. I use Ghiradelli chips.

 

[BoomerD]

my favorite part too! been recently traveling/visiting family with my BF (in Portland, OR for the holidays), but i did bake some other cookies before i left. i'll get those recipes posted soon.

any chance, are the wimmenz willing to share the cranberry nut bread recipe? :biggrin:

http://www.oceanspray.com/Recipes/Corporate/Breads---Muffins/Classic-Cranberry-Nut-Bread.aspx

 

[cKGunslinger]

All this cookie-talk got me wanting to try my hand at a few:

• Walnut (because I forgot to add the chocolate chips!)
• Walnut Chocolate Chip
• Walnut Chocolate Chip with Oreo Crumbs
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip with Bacon
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip with Bacon, Dark Chocolate, and Cranberries

Pics:

Getting ready for Bacon-chips!

All Ready!

Batter

Oreo Crumb and Chocolate Chip

Bacon Chocolate Chip

All the cookies (and some Legos!)

 

[Xstatic1]

http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2009/07/14/white-chocolate-macadamia-nut-cookies/

This is the one I use every time. I use Ghiradelli chips.

bookmarked!

http://www.oceanspray.com/Recipes/Corporate/Breads---Muffins/Classic-Cranberry-Nut-Bread.aspx

please thank da wimmenz for me....and u for posting the link. merry christmas!

 

[Xstatic1]

All this cookie-talk got me wanting to try my hand at a few:

• Walnut (because I forgot to add the chocolate chips!)
• Walnut Chocolate Chip
• Walnut Chocolate Chip with Oreo Crumbs
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip with Bacon
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip with Bacon, Dark Chocolate, and Cranberries

ugh! the last few days i've read about bacon being added to cookies (here on ATOT), may have to give into peer pressure soon.

btw, cool pics too!

 

[shopbruin]

I'm baking these right now. I forgot to slightly flatten the first batch before sticking them in the oven though. Whoops.

The directions didn't indicate when to add the flour! I was reading and went "wait a second, my flour?" I added flour before I added the oats, like I do with my oatmeal raisin recipe.

Hrm, batch 1: very domed still, I wonder if they're cooked through. Oops. The parts I've nibbled off though are really good.

 

[shopbruin]

Hot damn, these cookies are good. They're dense, but taste great.