Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

ORANGE CRANBERRY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl soak cranberries in warm water to cover 15 minutes. Drain cranberries well and chop fine.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In bowl of a standing electric mixer beat cranberries, oats, and zest into basic dough until just combined well. Form dough into 1-inch balls and roll balls in sugar to coat. Arrange balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets and flatten to 2-inch rounds with bottom of a glass wrapped in wax paper to prevent sticking.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until pale golden, about 12 minutes, and cool on racks. Cookies may be stored between layers of wax paper in airtight containers up to 6 weeks frozen.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl, beat all ingredients except oats, flour and cranberries with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with a wooden spoon.
• Stir in oats, flour and cranberries.
• On UNGREASED cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 9 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack or sheets of paper towel.

CRANBERRY ORANGE OAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Mix in the applesauce, eggs, orange juice and orange zest one at a time, mixing well after each. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; gradually stir into the orange mixture. Fold in oats and cranberries. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla, orange zest and orange liquor. (NOTE: Use even more zest/liquor for a more intense orange flavor!).
• Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into the butter mixture.
• Stir in the oats and cranberries. NOTE: the batter will be very thick and might be difficult to stir, but do your best!
• Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix oil, sugars, vanilla and egg with spoon. Stir in oats, flour, ginger, allspice, baking soda and salt. Stir in cranberries and walnuts.
• Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges turn golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE CRISPY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. At a medium speed, mix butter and shortening until fluffy; add both sugars and mix well. Add eggs beating well after each.
• 3. Combine flour, oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda; gradually flour mixture add to sugar mixture. Scrap down bowl as needed. Add orange juice; mix well.
• 4. Combine rice cereal, coconut, cranberries, walnuts, chocolate chips and orange zest; gently mix to combine. Hand stir into batter.
• 5. Drop by tablespoon onto baking sheet; bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly golden. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• 6. NOTE: when zesting the orange peel be sure to only zest the orange part, not any of the white.

ORANGE CRANBERRY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine cranberries and liqueur and soak for several hours or overnight.
• Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in egg and orange peel.
• Mix flour, almond meal, and baking soda separately, and then beat into main mixture.
• Stir oats, white choc. chips, and cranberries with soaking liquid into mixture.
• Drop approximately a tablespoon of dough per cookie onto lightly greased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
• Bake at 350 for 8 - 9 minutes. Be careful not to overbake!
• Let cool for a minute on cookie sheet before carefully removing to paper towels to finish cooling.

CHEWY CRANBERRY-OATMEAL COOKIES WITH ORANGE ICING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with Reynolds Parchment Paper; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and orange peel with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients.
• On lined cookie sheet, place cookies 2 inches apart.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, vanilla and enough orange juice until thin enough to drizzle. Spoon into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle icing over cookies.