oatmeal cranberry chocolate spice cookies

When we were in Dubai at Christmas, I made a point of buying a few things at the grocery store that I knew I would never find here in Uganda - one such thing was dried cranberries! I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to use them in something good. This was the lucky recipe. I switched it up a bit by replacing the chocolate chips with Toblerone chunks, thanks to a gift brought to us recently, and the result was perfect! They would also be good with semi-sweet chocolate chips or even without the chocolate at all. (But why anyone would deliberately omit chocolate, I do not know.) I thought it was kinda weird that the recipe calls for shortening and no butter, but it worked and they taste really good.

The recipe makes quite a lot of dough, so I baked half of it and put the other half in the freezer! Because I'm clever that way.

Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Spice Cookies

*adapted from i am baker

3/4 C. shortening

3/4 C. brown sugar

3/4 C. white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 C. oats

1 1/2 C. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. all-spice

1 1/2 C. dried cranberries

1 C. chocolate chips (or chunks!)

Cream shortening and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

In separate bowl, mix oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and all-spice. Beat into wet mixture.

Stir in cranberries and chocolate chips.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy!