Cranberries have become synonymous with the holidays. So, it stands to reason that they should play a part in holiday baking. These cookies are a twist on an oatmeal-nut cookie. That cookie alone would be tasty, but the addition of dried cranberries gives them a little extra kick of flavor.
I found this recipe in the 2006 edition of Christmas with Southern Living. This series of books is one of my favorites, which makes sense because I love the holiday season. These books have everything about the holidays from recipes and menus to decorating ideas. They are published annually, conveniently right around my birthday. Quinn, with very little hinting on my part, is always kind enough to give me a copy. So, then I have from the end of August through the holidays to read and re-read (and re-read) them.
The original recipe suggests dipping half of each cookie in melted white chocolate mixed with shortening. To avoid using shortening and also to make them a bit more interesting, I drizzled melted white chocolate over them. Either way is perfectly fine. It’s just a matter of preference. Of course, they’re also delicious without any embellishment.
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13 responses so far ↓
1 amanda // Dec 10, 2007 at 9:41 am
cranberry & oatmeal together are the perfect mixture. and that white chocolate is an added bonus.
2 Patricia Scarpin // Dec 10, 2007 at 11:09 am
Jen, your recipes are driving me crazy - I want to bake all the cookies you’ve been posting!
3 peabody // Dec 10, 2007 at 12:01 pm
All these cookies…the all look so good.
4 rachel // Dec 10, 2007 at 12:43 pm
I love oatmeal cranberry cookies!
5 jennifer // Dec 10, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Amanda, Patricia, Peabody, & Rachel - Thanks so much!
6 anne wallace // Dec 10, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Hi Jennifer,
I have been lurking in the cyber shadows relishing your site from afar. I had to post and wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thanks for all these great cookie recipes. Even though right now I am not feeling great I can enjoy reading the recipes and imagining I am baking them. Keep baking and making kitchens around the world better!
By now you have amassed a super collection of cookies. I wonder if you have ever considered posting just a list of your top twenty favorites of all times as far as holiday cookies go. You have so many great ones over the years.
take care,
anne
7 Sherane // Dec 10, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Those look amazing……….
8 JEP // Dec 10, 2007 at 6:09 pm
You are amazing…the photos & recipes…every day I think it is the best one & then the next time I see & read another post, I love that one even more! No pressure intended–ha!
9 jennifer // Dec 10, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Anne, thanks for de-lurking! I have a little collection of this year’s holiday cookies under the Holiday Baking tab at the top. Maybe next year when I’ve got more to choose from, I can pick the best ones. Good idea! I hope you are feeling better soon. Happy holidays!
Sherane, I have to confess that they really are. Yum!
JEP, you are much too kind. I’ll try not to feel the pressure!
10 Patricia Scarpin // Dec 11, 2007 at 9:52 am
I really like white chocolate and your decorations with it are lovely!
11 jennifer // Dec 11, 2007 at 10:42 am
Thanks, Patricia! I volunteered Quinn for the drizzling this time. He did a lovely job.
12 Terra // Dec 16, 2007 at 12:41 pm
These are delicious. I had seen them in the book but I didn’t write it down so I was so thankful to find your website! I love your idea to drizzle the chocolate. Just perfect! Thanks for posting!
13 jennifer // Dec 16, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Glad to have helped, Terra! I think these are great cookies…. some of my very favorites from this season.
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