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Oatmeal Date Cookies

View a printable recipe or more photos Fun fact: I do not like raisins. Not even a little bit. I do, however, very much like oatmeal cookies. They're chewy and cinnamon-y and just plain yummy. Of course, oats and raisins have long been joined together in cookiedom, so finding oatmeal cookies without raisins is usually a challenge. So, I usually make my own oatmeal cookies, substituting something like dates or currants for the raisins to make them more me-friendly.

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Dark Chocolate Chunk and Dried Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

View a printable recipe or more photos Whenever I see some kind of chocolate I've not tried before, I usually find some justification for buying it, especially if I can bake with it. Recently, I found Schokinag's semi-sweet chocolate baking chunks and knew that I had to have them. As much as I use chocolate chips, I knew that they would be put to good use.

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Oatmeal-Cranberry Cookies

View a printable recipe or more photos 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 [...]

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