Description
Delicious oatmeal cookies with a mix of dried fruits and nuts, perfect for any occasion!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (or whole wheat white flour)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ teaspoon orange extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup dried cherries (raisins, dates, or dried cranberries can be used)
- ½ cup chopped pistachios (or pecans or walnuts)
- ½ cup white chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice/cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Cream butter and both sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and both extracts. Gradually mix in flour mixture until incorporated. Mix in oats, dried fruit, nuts, and chocolate chips until thoroughly combined.
- Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop rounded scoops or teaspoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10-12 minutes for small cookies, 12-14 minutes for medium-sized cookies, and 15-18 for large ¼ cup cookies. Make sure cookies are cooked on the top and not wet, but make sure not to overbake as well.
- Allow the cookies to cool briefly on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- These cookies are versatile; feel free to swap out the dried cherries with your favorite dried fruit.
- To make the cookies even healthier, replace the all-purpose flour with whole wheat white flour.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg