Best Oatmeal Cherry Almond Cookies Recipes

CHERRY-ALMOND OATMEAL COOKIES

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Make and share this Cherry-Almond Oatmeal Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Nurse_Corie

Categories Drop Cookies

Time 47m

Yield 48 cookies, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups rolled oats
1 1/4 cups dried cherries, sniped
1/2 cup triple sec or 1/2 cup hot water
1/4 cup chopped almonds

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375.
In a small bowl combine cherries and kirsch, triple sec or hot water. Let stand for 30 minutes; drain well.
Meanwhile, combine butter and shortening until well blended. Add brown sugar, sugar, baking soda and salt until well blended. Beat in eggs. Beat in flour until well mixed. Stir in oats. Add drained cherries and almonds.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 7-9 minutes or until tops are golden. Let cookies stand on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer to wire rack; let cool.
To store: layer cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4903.8, Fat 239.8, SaturatedFat 91.4, Cholesterol 667, Sodium 3431.3, Carbohydrate 627.5, Fiber 33, Sugar 318.1, Protein 79.4

OATMEAL CHERRY ALMOND COOKIES

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Make and share this Oatmeal Cherry Almond Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Dancer

Categories Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 4 dozen cookies.

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup loosely packed brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup slivered almonds
2 large eggs
1 -2 tablespoon golden syrup (optional)
2 cups self-raising flour
1 1/2 cups flaked oats
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

Cream sugar and butter. add eggs and golden syrup, mix well.
Meanwhile cook cherries in water (to cover) in microwave for about a minute to plump them up.
Discard half the liquid, cool.
Mix flour, baking soda, oats and nuts together. add cherries and cooking liquid to the wet ingredients; mix well.
Loosely fold the dry ingredients in, leave batter to sit for at least half an hour (can be refrigerated overnight, but the cookie texture will be different).
Drop teaspoons of the batter onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake 13 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cool before storing.
They are soft, a little chewy, and not particularly sweet.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1255.9, Fat 66.8, SaturatedFat 31.8, Cholesterol 227.8, Sodium 936.5, Carbohydrate 144.2, Fiber 11.1, Sugar 54.6, Protein 25.4

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