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Cookies for Santa: Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies

Xstatic1

Xstatic1

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These cookies are perfect for the holidays! Santa would be proud. :biggrin:

The cookie itself has a mild flavor, but with the tart, yet sweet, Craisins, it's yummy! They taste best the day after they're baked.

Because I give credit where it's due, the big chunk of the recipe was posted by boomerang, whom I also consulted via PM. 🙂 I also used BoomerD's suggestion to use Craisins and white chocolate chips.

The adapted recipe:

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
  • 1 1/2 cups Craisins Dried Cranberries
  • 1 cup white chocolate morsels
  • Parchment paper, optional

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the Crisco, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
  4. Stir in oats, Craisins, and white chocolate morsels.
  5. Place golf ball-sized dough portions 2-inches apart onto greased cookie sheet or parchment paper. Flatten slightly.
  6. Bake for 12 minutes. Do not overbake.
 
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Those look and sound fantastic. I'll be picking up the ingredients I need for them next time I'm in the store. Thanks!
 
KaOTiK said:
Those look and sound fantastic. I'll be picking up the ingredients I need for them next time I'm in the store. Thanks!
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no problem. i figured i'd share since i found the recipe here on ATOT. 🙂


RossMAN said:
Yum although I'm not to crazy about cranberry's. Great pictures.
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awww, thanks!

wow, is it really you? r u officially back? i saw that u made an appearance a couple of days ago ('round ur b-day) too. 😀


loki8481 said:
cookies generally lose me after 2 "stuff" ingredients. I'd probably chuck out the oatmeal or white chocolate chips.
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because it's the holidays, chuck the oats to keep the white chocolate. :biggrin:

u decided on the "3rd" set of cookies yet?
 
Xstatic1 said:
awww, thanks!

wow, is it really you? r u officially back? i saw that u made an appearance a couple of days ago ('round ur b-day) too. 😀
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You're welcome.

Why do people doubt it's really me, someone even e-mailed me asking if my AT account was hacked? LOL

I recently discovered peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, yummy.
 
Xstatic1 said:
because it's the holidays, chuck the oats to keep the white chocolate. :biggrin:

u decided on the "3rd" set of cookies yet?
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I bought all the stuff to make the orange/cranberry cookies.

I'm probably going to make the dough sans cranberries, bake off a couple, see how they taste, and then make a judgement call if I add the cranberries or not (or maybe replace the cranberries with chocolate chips)
 
RossMAN said:
You're welcome.

Why do people doubt it's really me, someone even e-mailed me asking if my AT account was hacked? LOL

I recently discovered peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, yummy.
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it's 'cause u pretty much dropped outta sight after ya hit 70k posts...and returned after what, 2-3 years? leave it to u to pull a stunt like this. :biggrin:

mmmm, PB chocolate chip cookies are tasty indeed!
 
loki8481 said:
I bought all the stuff to make the orange/cranberry cookies.

I'm probably going to make the dough sans cranberries, bake off a couple, see how they taste, and then make a judgement call if I add the cranberries or not (or maybe replace the cranberries with chocolate chips)
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nooooooo, don't 86 the cranberries! but okay, only if it tastes wonky.

whatever ya bake though (the other 2 choices sounded good too), post the pics. 🙂
 
Xstatic1 said:
nooooooo, don't 86 the cranberries! but okay, only if it tastes wonky.

whatever ya bake though (the other 2 choices sounded good too), post the pics. 🙂
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I was really sold on the raspberry cookies, but it lists "bakers ammonia" as a mandatory ingredient... I wasn't able to find it in stores anywhere and didn't want to have to wait to have it shipped (as it is, I'm already waiting on maple extract)
 
loki8481 said:
I was really sold on the raspberry cookies, but it lists "bakers ammonia" as a mandatory ingredient... I wasn't able to find it in stores anywhere and didn't want to have to wait to have it shipped (as it is, I'm already waiting on maple extract)
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Maybe

baker's ammonia = ammonium carbonate = carbonate of ammonia = baking ammonia = bicarbonate of ammonia = ammonium bicarbonate = powdered baking ammonia = triebsalz = hartshorn = salt of hartshorn = hirschhornsalz = hjorthornssalt = hartzhorn Originally made from the ground antlers of reindeer, this is an ancestor of modern baking powder. Northern Europeans still use it because it makes their springerle and gingerbread cookies very light and crisp. Unfortunately, it can impart an unpleasant ammonia flavor, so it's best used in cookies and pastries that are small enough to allow the ammonia odor to dissipate while baking.
Look for it in German or Scandinavian markets, drug stores, baking supply stores, or a mail order catalogue. Don't confuse this with ordinary household ammonia, which is poisonous. Varieties: It comes either as lumps or powder. If it isn't powdered, crush it into a very fine powder with a mortar and pestle or a rolling pin. Substitutes (for 1 teaspoon of baker’s ammonia): 1 teaspoon baking powder (This is very similar, but might not yield as light and crisp a product.) OR 1 teaspoon baking powder plus 1 teaspoon baking soda
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Squisher said:
You know I was just making shopping list for tomorrow and you made put flour and walnuts on the list.
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only two items? is that all? 😛


Squisher said:
Substitutes (for 1 teaspoon of baker’s ammonia): 1 teaspoon baking powder (This is very similar, but might not yield as light and crisp a product.) OR 1 teaspoon baking powder plus 1 teaspoon baking soda
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woohoo, i learned something new today. 😀


loki8481 - being that u're a baker, i'm sure u'd have both of these ingredients. 😉
 
Xstatic1 said:
oatmealcraisin3.jpg


oatmealcraisin6.jpg


These cookies are perfect for the holidays! Santa would be proud. :biggrin:

The cookie itself has a mild flavor, but with the tart, yet sweet, Craisins, it's yummy! They taste best the day after they're baked.

Because I give credit where it's due, the big chunk of the recipe was posted by boomerang, whom I also consulted via PM. 🙂 I also used BoomerD's suggestion to use Craisins and white chocolate chips.

The adapted recipe:

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
  • 1 1/2 cups Craisins Dried Cranberries
  • 1 cup white chocolate morsels
  • Parchment paper, optional

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the Crisco, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla.
  4. Stir in oats, Craisins, and white chocolate morsels.
  5. Place golf ball-sized dough portions 2-inches apart onto greased cookie sheet or parchment paper. Flatten slightly.
  6. Bake for 12 minutes. Do not overbake.
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Damn...those look GOOD! I like oatmeal cookies with white chocolate and cranberries.
don't forget to send me a couple dozen for the consulting fee. :biggrin:
 
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.
 
loki8481 said:
cookies generally lose me after 2 "stuff" ingredients. I'd probably chuck out the oatmeal or white chocolate chips.
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Except oats aren't "stuff" - try pulling those out and I bet you it would be completely different. It's just any other oatmeal cookie - you'd have to compensate by adding more flour and egg or oil if you choose to forego it, and it'd taste completely off. Your two "stuffs" would be the cranberries (I'd go with dried cherries though) and the white chocolate.
 
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.
 
sactoking said:
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.
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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.
 
loki8481 said:
it's made from reindeer antlers! D: can't serve that to Santa.
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"originally made". doubt that's the case now. 😉

Squisher said:
Well, I'm pretty well stocked in everything else. I think I'm going to make some Jambalaya tomorrow, but I need to find a source for fresh caught shrimp. No more farm raised for me.
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:hmm: i thought farm raised was better for seafood.


BoomerD said:
Damn...those look GOOD! I like oatmeal cookies with white chocolate and cranberries.
don't forget to send me a couple dozen for the consulting fee. :biggrin:
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😀

all gone, sorry. 🙁

KillerCharlie said:
I hate cranberries but I looooove those cookies.
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i certainly don't look for it (cranberries) in desserts/treats, but every once in awhile--like the holiday season--makes it worthwhile. 🙂
 
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