12 Days of Cookies, Day 4: Cranberry sauce oatmeal drops
We continue “12 Days of Cookies” with a recipe for cranberry sauce oatmeal drops from reader Mattie R. Battles of Pantego. With their use of whole-berry cranberry sauce, these cookies might just be a yummy way to use up a Thanksgiving leftover.
Each day, we are featuring one Very Merry Cookie Challenge finalist recipe in Life & Arts until the final, public tasting event at Central Market Fort Worth on Dec. 4.
The event has sold out, but try making the cookies at home and see how your favorites stack up against the judges’ picks.
Winners will be revealed in Life & Arts on Dec. 11.
Cranberry sauce oatmeal drops
Makes 5 dozen
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar, packed firmly
- 3 eggs, beaten well
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 14-ounce can Ocean Spray whole-berry cranberry sauce
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups quick cooking rolled oats
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until creamy. Stir in cranberry sauce and peanut butter.
2. In separate bowl, mix together flour, baking power, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold into butter mixture. Stir in oats, pecans and chocolate chips.
3. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
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Mattie R. Battles, Pantego
This story was originally published November 21, 2016 at 12:49 PM with the headline "12 Days of Cookies, Day 4: Cranberry sauce oatmeal drops."