More cookies...

Many, many, many years ago I found a recipe titled "Cranberry Hootycreeks". It's a good cookie, the reviews for it are wonderful... but I have to tell you, I thought I could improve the recipe, so I came up with a variation I call "Mommy's Hooties" (I can hear both my children groaning now). I baked some this weekend, and y'all know how I love to share... so I thought I'd share the recipe with you.

What you need:
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar (I never tire of the magic of how you can pack brown sugar)
1 cup butter (softened)
2 eggs
1 generous teaspoon of vanilla
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup toasted hazelnuts (I used 1/2 c pecan pieces and 1/2 c almonds in this recipe)
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dark chocolate chips
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. I made these into bar cookies, so I lined and greased a cookie sheet, but you can do them as drop cookies, just get your sheets prepared.





Like most cookie recipes, combine the sugars, eggs, vanilla and softened butter and stir to combine well.









Toss in the oats, flour, baking powder, and salt and stir to combine.










Add the cherries, nuts, and chips.












Stir in well and you have a wonderful fruit and nut filled cookie dough just waiting to be baked.






You can drop them by generous teaspoons (bake 9 to 11 minutes), or pat them into a 9" x 15" cookie pan and bake them as bars (about 20 minutes). They are a wonderful cookie... and they are yummy if you use dried blueberries or dried mixed fruit too!

Yummy... and what a great way to celebrate fall!