White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

One of my parents friends makes these cookies and I think they're wonderful.  I felt better about eating more than one of them when she (who is a trainer) said that there wasn't any white sugar in them so they were sort-of healthy.  I later saw the recipe and there's lots of brown sugar, butter, and chocolate in them but they are divine!  If you don't like "stuff" in your cookies these probably aren't for you, but then again, I don't typically like "stuff" and I love these.  Try them and see if you love them as much as we do!

White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

2 2/3 cups old fashioned oats

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup dried cranberries

6 oz white chocolate broken into pieces

1/2 cup walnut halves finely chopped (optional)

1 cup unsalted butter

1 1/3 cups firmly packed light brown sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

2 eggs

1 tsp pure vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper (or use my favorite new cookie sheets!).

2. Whisk oats, flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in cranberries, chocolate and nuts.

3. Melt butter for 4 minutes until brown. Pour butter into large bowl and whisk in brown sugar until combines. Whisk in cinnamon, then eggs and vanilla, beating well after each. Add dry mixture and stir. 

4. Shape into ping-pong ball size. Bake 16 minutes. Cool on rack.