Best Molasses Cranberry Cookies Recipes

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Provided by sharon cowles @carlymay

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 15

- 3 well beaten eggs
- 1 to 1 and 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 t grandma's molasses
- 1 stick soft butter
- 1 stick soft margarine
- 1 and 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup 100% stone ground whole wheat flour
- 1 and 1/2 cups ap flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 cups oatmeal
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup coarse ground pecans (optional)

Steps:

Combine the beaten eggs,along with the molasses and vanilla... add the dried cranberries, covered with plastic wrap and leave on counter for 1 hour
Cream together butter/marg and sugar
Add flour, salt, cinnamon and soda to the creamed sugar mixture.
Mix well
Add the egg,cranberry mix to the flour mix.. keep mixing will be a little stiff
Add the oatmeal.. will be really siff by now.. just mix until combined
Fold in white choco chips
let the bowl of cookie dough sit for about 10 min to soften up the oatmeal and allow the molasses to blend in..
1 Tablespoon of dough 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet ... these will spread a bit.. I made 12 to a cookie sheet and this one make 4 dozen perfectly
Bake at 350 for 10 minute or 12 min for a slightly crispier cookie

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Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground ginger
.75 tsp. ground cinnamon
.5 tsp. salt
.5 tsp. ground cloves
.75 cup sugar
.5 cup butter, softened
.25 cup full-flavored molasses
1 egg, slightly beaten
.5 tsp. freshly grated orange peel
.5 cup chopped sweetened dried cranberries
Turbinado (raw) sugar

Steps:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt and cloves in medium bowl; set aside. 2. Combine sugar and butter in large bowl; beat at medium speed until well mixed. 3. Add molasses, egg and orange peel; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in dried, sweetened cranberries. 4. Place turbinado sugar into small bowl. Shape dough into 1.25 inch balls; dip tops into sugar. 5. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes or until set.