Oatmeal Cookies with Butterscotch and Cranberries

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: about 2 dozen cookies
  • Total: 1 hr 35 min (includes cooling and chilling times)
  • Active: 20 min
Oatmeal cookies get an upgrade with the addition of butterscotch and cranberries
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Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 cup all-purpose flour (see Cook?s Note)

1 cup rolled oats

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon fine salt

1 cup butterscotch chips

1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions

  1. Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg and beat to combine.
  2. Whisk the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in the butterscotch chips and cranberries.
  3. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Scoop slightly mounded tablespoons of the dough and roll into balls. Arrange about 2-inches apart on the prepared baking sheets and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  4. Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
  5. Bake until the cookies are set and golden on the bottom, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

Cook’s Note

When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off the excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.)

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Victoria S.

These are the best cookies! Made twice. Once I flattened the cookies so they spread a bit and the other time I left as rounded ball. Making again and will flatten them. Used blended sugar/stevia and recently bought reduced sugar cranberries to help lower sugar content. Also used gluten-free flour and dairy free butter. These cookies are so good that once you try the recipe I’m sure you’ll make them again! Yum!

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