Don’t you just love a Christmas Cookie Exchange? Cookies are my FAVORITE sweet treat so a cookie exchange is my idea of heaven.
After much thought, I decided on these cookies for the exchange!
Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
These are my family’s ALL TIME favorite cookie. Now, this is a huge thing beeecause I have Celiac Disease and often times when I make gluten free food my little family says: I’m sorry Mom…sigh. BUT not so with these cookies! They ASK for these. Every one of them has told me that they’d rather have these cookies than ANY other homemade cookie! I had to tell you about them! They are gluten free but you can easily make them with regular all purpose flour and you’ll love ’em!
This was not an easy choice sweet friends, because like I said, cookies are my favorite! I thought about making these
…Snowball Cookies with toffee pieces and powdered sugar…recipe HERE
(If you have Celiac Disease I have a gluten free alternative)
Or these Oatmeal Dulce-de-Leche-Marshallow Creme filled yummies!
And these Peanut Butter Caramel Cookies are just dreamy…
(these are gluten free naturally for my buds with Celiac!)
Or…these! Do you like thin, chewy cookies? If so, these Oatmeal Pecan Lacey Cookies are for you!
And this oh-so-southern Toasted Pecan Praline Cookie is also one of my faves!
(these are gluten free naturally)
But in the end…these made the cut!
Now for the rest of the cookies, visit my blog friends! I can’t wait to see what they’re bringing to the Christmas Cookie exchange!
Ingredients:
*2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
(My favorites are Cup4Cup and King Arthur’s Gluten Free all-purpose flours- You can also substitute Pamela’s Baking Mix for the flour-just leave out baking soda!)
* 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
*1/2Cup Certified Gluten Free Oats
(If you don’t eat oats of any kind, simply add 1/2 cup more flour)
*3/4 Cup softened butter (1 & 1/2 Sticks)*** This is an update-after experimenting with different amounts of butter***
*3/4 Granulated Sugar
*3/4 Dark Brown Sugar
*2 Eggs
*1 Package White Chocolate Chips
(Nestle White Choc. Chips are GF)
* 1 5 ounce package Dried Cranberries
*2 Cups TOASTED chopped walnuts-don’t chop too fine. They need to be bigger pieces!
(toast at 350* for 5 minutes-don’t skip this step! )
Instructions:
Whisk together flour and baking soda.
Mix butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition
Add flour mixture and oats and pumpkin pie spice-mix well
Stir in chips, walnuts and cranberries-
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment paper****UPDATED: wet your palm and flatten your cookie- then pretty-up the edges so the cookie is nice and round 🙂 GF cookies tend to be little lumps if you don’t flatten!****
Bake at 350* until brown-8 to 10 minutes
***
Cool on wire racks & enjoy!
Atta Girl Amy says
December 9, 2013 at 10:38 amMy favorite flavors, Barb. I bet these cookies are fabulous. Thanks for inviting me to the virtual cookie exchange.
Atta Girl Amy says
December 9, 2013 at 10:39 amOops, I meant Robin!
Kate Westman says
December 9, 2013 at 10:57 amSound delicious. How much pumpkin spice mix? (omitted in ingredients)
Robin says
December 9, 2013 at 1:05 pmKate, thank you I’ll fix that!!! I use 1/4-1/2 teaspoon but only add that in the fall when I’m in the mood for pumpkin spice! I made these just yesterday and didn’t use any of the spice and the cookies are just perfect! ox
Elizabeth @ Southern Color says
December 9, 2013 at 11:24 amStopping by from the Cookie Exchange! I love oatmeal cookies and these sound delicious! Pinning to try later 🙂
Julie Garmon says
December 9, 2013 at 11:25 amMy mouth is watering. Literally. I want the recipe for Peanut Butter Caramel cookies. Looks like our peanut butter cookies with a caramel square on top, maybe right when they come out of the oven??
Can’t wait to try them!
Jeanette says
December 9, 2013 at 12:44 pmI shouldn’t have started this tour without bfast first. I’m really getting hungry. All these cookies look incredible. Happy to be on the tour with you. ~Jeanette
Vicky says
December 9, 2013 at 2:46 pmOh goodness- these sound just perfect! I have one boy so excited to let the baking begin! I’ll have to let him take a look and choose which one he’d like!
Therese @ Fresh Idea Studio says
December 9, 2013 at 4:34 pmVisiting your for the Cookie Exchange! Lots of yummy good recipes here to enjoy. I especially like the sounds of the Oatmeal Pecan Lacey Cookies!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Gina says
December 9, 2013 at 5:12 pmI adapted my oatmeal cookie recipe to include craisins and white chocolate chips back in the fall. Oh my! They were so good!! The walnuts would be delish too.
Yvonne @ StoneGable says
December 9, 2013 at 7:41 pmMy family would love these too! Oatmeal makes the best cookies!!! YUMMY!
Christy @ Our Southern Home says
December 9, 2013 at 11:40 pmThese look fabulous! These is going to be some major cookie baking going on when the kids get out of school! Thanks for sharing. 🙂 ~Christy
Christina says
December 10, 2013 at 10:03 amThese look wonderful! Your photos are great! I’m excited to try the gluten free cookie- its hard to find a good wheat free recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers
Chrisitna
Robin says
December 10, 2013 at 1:13 pmChristina , I promise you’ll love them! xo
Julie {Lilacs & Longhorns} says
December 10, 2013 at 1:03 pmThese look fantastic for anyone with or without gluten! And I am definitely passing this on to my sis-in-law who is gluten sensitive. She will love to have you as a resource for baking/cooking!
Robin says
December 10, 2013 at 1:12 pmJulie, yes! These cookies would be great with regular All Purpose Flour too! xo
Kerryanne @ Shabby Art Boutique says
December 11, 2013 at 7:11 amThank you for a great recipe Robin. I’m going to make these for a friend with wheat intolerance.
Maryann @ Domestically Speaking says
December 11, 2013 at 1:59 pmOh yum! Love an oatmeal cookie!
Tanya says
December 12, 2013 at 1:38 amRobin these look fabulous!! Pinning 🙂
xo
Robin says
December 12, 2013 at 10:44 amThanks Tanya! They really are quite delish! ox
Leslie @ House on the Way says
December 12, 2013 at 9:29 amCan I just say…yum! It’s been a pleasure to be a part of this cookie exchange with you! Have a Merry Christmas!
Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads says
December 12, 2013 at 8:57 pmRobin, these cookies sound delicious! They have all my favorite things: walnuts, white chocolate, oats, and craisins! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Mrs Major Hoff (Sara) says
December 13, 2013 at 1:25 amThey all look so good! Thanks for including the GF versions, I have celiac and watching everyone else eat Christmas cookies can get old. Need to bake up my own stash this year for sure! You gave me a lot of recipes to try! Thanks!
Amber says
December 13, 2013 at 4:04 amThese look so delicious! Can’t wait to try!
Laura @ Inspiration for Moms says
December 16, 2013 at 12:56 amRobin! Oh my goodness, all your cookies look so yummy! Honored to be in the exchange with you! Have a very Merry Christmas!
Megan @ The Brick Bungalow says
December 18, 2013 at 10:05 amThese look delicious! My mom is on a gluten free diet so I think I’ll make these for her!
Robin says
December 18, 2013 at 10:29 amMegan, I promise she’ll love them! xo (and mostly she’ll love that you made them for her…I speak from experience, when my girls make me GF treats I’m so thankful xo