Cranberry Oatmeal
Cookies with Mini
Chocolate Chips (from Joe Kirkish, 2010)
These delightfully
soft and chewy cranberry oatmeal
cookies have a little sprinkling of
mini chocolate chips, making them an irresistible lower-fat cookie for
the holidays, or any other time you're looking for a healthier sweet
treat.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 24 Cookies
Ingredients:
* 1 1/4 cups oats
* 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
*
1/2 tsp
baking soda
* 1/4 tsp
salt
* 5
tablespoons of vegetable-oil based stick suitable for baking (such as
I Can't Believe It's Not
Butter!)
*
3/4 cup
packed brown sugar
* 1
large
egg
* 1 tsp
vanilla
* 2 tbsp light corn syrup
* 3/4 cup dried cranberries
*
1/4 cup
mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with
parchment paper or
silicone mat.
Combine oats, flour, baking
soda and salt in a medium bowl.
Place vegetable-oil-based stick and brown sugar in a large mixing
bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add
egg and
mix well. Add vanilla and corn syrup and mix until blended.
Gradually add flour and oats mixture, stir with a wooden spoon until
blended. Fold in cranberries and mini chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons on to cookie sheets, about 2 inches
apart.
Bake for 10-12
minutes, until edges are golden. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute,
then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Per cookie:
Calories 129