Holiday Oatmeal Cookies With Dried Fruit And Nuts Recipes

OATMEAL DRIED FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the quick oats and dried fruit. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the unprepared cookie sheet.
• 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.

MIXED FRUIT-AND-NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Put butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until smooth. Add sugars, and mix until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs one at a time until combined; mix in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in coconut, apricots, dates, macadamias, and pistachios.
• Drop batter, 2 heaping tablespoons at a time, onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven; transfer cookies on parchment paper to a wire rack to cool completely.

HOLIDAY OATMEAL COOKIES WITH DRIED FRUIT AND NUTS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a large cookie sheet/s.
• In a large bowl combine oil with eggs, both sugars and extract; beat well using an electric mixer on medium speed.
• In a small bowl combine whole wheat flour with baking soda, salt and cinnamon (if using) add to the oil mixture and mix just until combined.
• In a bowl combine the rolled oats with coconut, cranberries, cherries, almonds and chocolate chips (if using) add to the batter and mix until combined.
• Roll into about 1-inch balls then place onto greased baking sheet.
• Flatten slightly with a fork.
• Bake about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool 2 minutes then remove to a rack to cool completely.

HOLIDAY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On waxed paper, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat butter and brown and granulated sugars until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with spatula. Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. With spoon, stir in oats, raisins and chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoons, 2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 13-15 minutes or until tops are golden. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
• Repeat with remaining dough. Store cookies in covered container at room temperature for up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months.

OATMEAL COOKIES WITH DRIED APRICOTS AND WHITE CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, oatmeal,and baking soda in a medium bowl. Cream butter and sugars with a mixer until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add salt, vanilla, and eggs, and beat until well combined, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture gradually, beating until just combined. Stir in chocolate and apricots.Cover, and refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes.
• Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until cookiesare golden brown around the edges but still soft in the center, 14 to 16 minutes.Let cookies cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.

FRUIT AND NUT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a big bowl beat butter and shortening, using an electric mixer on medium to high speed, for 30 seconds.
• Add in sugars, orange peel, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; beat until combined.
• Beat in eggs and orange juice until combined; beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer; stir in any remaining flour, oats, dried fruit, and nuts with a wooden spoon.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375° for 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute; transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
• To make icing: in a bowl, stir the sifted powdered sugar and enough orange juice to make drizzling consistency; drizzle icing over cookies; let icing dry.
• To store: place in layers separated by waxed paper in an airtight container; cover; store at room temperature up to 3 days or freeze undrizzled cookies up to 3 months; thaw cookies and drizzle.