Cookie Exchange!

Jenn over at Jenn’s Journal (you should go visit her, because there are some tasty looking recipes posted) came up with the idea for an online cookie recipe exchange for the holidays. Now, I am a cookie baking fiend, so I loved the idea and signed right up. Every year for Christmas I bake a bunch of different cookies and give out the assortments as gifts. It’s something my mom used to do, and I decided to carry on the tradition.

I picked this recipe up on the Internet a while ago, and last year it became my most popular and requested cookie. People could not stop raving about them! So I can tell you that they come highly recommended by the multitudes.

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

½ lb (2 sticks) butter
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups dried cranberries (it’s really one package, which I think is slightly less than two cups)
2/3 cup white chocolate chunks or chips

Cream butter and sugars until fluffy, and then beat in eggs, vanilla and milk.

In a separate bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

Mix the dry ingredients in with the butter mixture, adding a little at a time until well blended. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips.

Divide dough in half, roll into a log about 1 ½ inches in diameter. Refrigerate until firm, about one hour. I always cheat and just stick the whole bowl in the fridge and scoop out spoonfuls. That works fine too.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake on cookie sheets for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy!