Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies
Written by joythebaker on March 7, 2009 – 9:54 am -
Here’s a fun game to play:
Grab a chef. Any chef will do.
Ask that chef what their favorite Oatmeal Cookie recipe is. I’ll bet you my favorite slippers (not that you would want those) that their favorite recipe for Oatmeal Cookies is the recipe right there on the Quaker Oats can.
I know… too easy right? Take the easy. Accept the easy. Some things are complicated. Other things are as simple as the Oatmeal Cookie recipe that I’ve been making since I was old enough to reach the counter.
Embrace the good, then add cherries and chocolate.
Because I simply can’t help myself, I jazzed these beauties up a bit with dried cherries and white chocolate chips. Use any combination of dried fruit and chocolate you like. The base recipe, with brown sugar and old fashioned oats is gorgeous enough with or without the jazz. Keep in mind that chocolate does make everything better. Fact.
Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies
oooooh Quaker. You’ve done it again.
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Tags: cherries, Cookies, oatmeal, recipe, white chocolate
Posted in Cookies, Fruit, In the Kitchen, Recipes | 65 Comments »
Thank you so much for posting this wonderful recipe! Made these about a week ago… right now we have a friend of ours living with us while he finds an apartment and a good job. He said they were phenomenal.
The best part? He cooks for a living.
(And it’s even better because I can now bribe him into making me his awesome fennel mashed potatoes. So once again… thank you very, very much!)
[...] a recipe that I had tried a month or two ago: cherry chocolate oatmeal cookies. The recipe is from Joy the Baker. I modified it because I don’t believe in white chocolate, so I just used regular chocolate. [...]
Sometimes starting simple really is best! Of course the addition of dried cherries and white chocolate transforms the simple into sophisticated with ease.
Thanks for such a great recipe. I love oatmeal cookies and am always on the lookout for great oatmeal cookie variations.
beautiful pictures + lovely lovely lovely recipes!!!!!!
I posted not too long about the Quaker Oat recipe. That *is* the best! I’m definitely going to have to try your cherries & white chocolate trick with them. That sounds divine!
[...] Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies [...]
Thanks for the recipe, joythebaker. Pics look really tasty =) I will certainly give it a try.
A friend recently introduced me to your website & I LUV LUV LUV it! Thank You!
Going to make these oatmeal cookies this weekend but wanted to ask if I can freeze the cookie dough? Love baking but never manage to finish everything so very interested in recipes I can freeze. Any suggestions?
These are just great! question though- did you chop your cherries or just put them in whole. I did mine whole and feel like a couple cookies got jipped of the cherries. but they are still wonderful!
I am making these right now!!
YUM. Thanks Joy!
We made these for Christmas, and they were a big hit! Thanks for the recipe! I put it on my blog. http://lindseyis.blogspot.com/2009/12/oatmeal-cherry-white-chocolate-cookies.html
ABSOLUTLEY FABULOUS!!!
These are so DELICIOUS! I subbed dark chocolate for the white. However, I doubled the recipe b/c I was afraid I wouldn’t have enough and I haven’t finished baking but I am already up to 50 cookies!!! I would suggest you write the amount of servings in the recipe
Another awesome bit of goodness. Thanks for satisfying another pregnancy craving!
Wow… these look delicious. I love cherries and chocolate, as well as oatmeal cookies, and I think I’m going to have to give these a try with either milk chocolate or white chocolate. Thank you for the fantastic recipe variation… can’t wait to sink my teeth into them!