Recipe: Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hey guys! Happy Saturday!

I hope you’re having a wonderful day. While I am at a very exciting event right now, which I will tell you about in the beginning of next week, I have scheduled this post to share a great recipe I have recently discovered.

I was looking for a recipe for oatmeal cookies last week and found this one in my recipe keeper. I honestly don’t know where it came from, but with a few changes to the original recipe, it turned out great and not so damaging 🙂

Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ cup old fashioned oats
• 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 oz dried cranberries
• 2/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375º F
2. Beat butter, sugar and banana together until light and fluffy
3. Add eggs, mixing well
4. Combine oats, flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl
5. Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition
6. Stir in dried cranberries and chocolate chips
7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets
8. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown
9. Cool on wire rack

Makes 18 cookies @ 173 calories per cookie.

Have a wonderful weekend, guys! Stay fit and warm.