Here’s a fun game to play:
Grab a chef. Any chef will do.
Ask that chef what their favorite Oatmeal Cookie recipe is. I’ll bet you my favorite slippers (not that you would want those) that their favorite recipe for Oatmeal Cookies is the recipe right there on the Quaker Oats can.
I know… too easy right? Take the easy. Accept the easy. Some things are complicated. Other things are as simple as the Oatmeal Cookie recipe that I’ve been making since I was old enough to reach the counter.
Embrace the good, then add cherries and chocolate.
Because I simply can’t help myself, I jazzed these beauties up a bit with dried cherries and white chocolate chips. Use any combination of dried fruit and chocolate you like. The base recipe, with brown sugar and old fashioned oats is gorgeous enough with or without the jazz. Keep in mind that chocolate does make everything better. Fact.
Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies
oooooh Quaker. You’ve done it again.
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Sometimes starting simple really is best! Of course the addition of dried cherries and white chocolate transforms the simple into sophisticated with ease.
Thanks for such a great recipe. I love oatmeal cookies and am always on the lookout for great oatmeal cookie variations.
beautiful pictures + lovely lovely lovely recipes!!!!!!
I posted not too long about the Quaker Oat recipe. That *is* the best! I’m definitely going to have to try your cherries & white chocolate trick with them. That sounds divine!
Thanks for the recipe, joythebaker. Pics look really tasty =) I will certainly give it a try.
A friend recently introduced me to your website & I LUV LUV LUV it! Thank You!
Going to make these oatmeal cookies this weekend but wanted to ask if I can freeze the cookie dough? Love baking but never manage to finish everything so very interested in recipes I can freeze. Any suggestions?
These are just great! question though- did you chop your cherries or just put them in whole. I did mine whole and feel like a couple cookies got jipped of the cherries. but they are still wonderful!
I am making these right now!!
YUM. Thanks Joy!
We made these for Christmas, and they were a big hit! Thanks for the recipe! I put it on my blog. http://lindseyis.blogspot.com/2009/12/oatmeal-cherry-white-chocolate-cookies.html
ABSOLUTLEY FABULOUS!!!
These are so DELICIOUS! I subbed dark chocolate for the white. However, I doubled the recipe b/c I was afraid I wouldn’t have enough and I haven’t finished baking but I am already up to 50 cookies!!! I would suggest you write the amount of servings in the recipe :)
Another awesome bit of goodness. Thanks for satisfying another pregnancy craving!
Wow… these look delicious. I love cherries and chocolate, as well as oatmeal cookies, and I think I’m going to have to give these a try with either milk chocolate or white chocolate. Thank you for the fantastic recipe variation… can’t wait to sink my teeth into them!
Great photos… Love your blog… I have put these on my list to try… :)
Made these for my mom to take somewhere with semisweet chocolate. They were a big hit. Oddly though some of the cookies spread out and others remained similar in size to your pictures?
How funny, I love the Quaker Oatmeal cookie recipe too! And today I was going to take that recipe and add cherries and white chocolate. I thought I would browse around and see if anyone else was making some and you beat me to the punch. I’m glad they’re tasty. I’ll be making them to take up camping this week.
I made these a month ago and they were fantastic! thank you so much, joy! :D
These were great! The only change I made was using light brown sugar instead of dark. I doubled the recipe and used the surplus to make Ice cream sandwiches! I froze a couple dozen and then put a scoop of pistachio ice cream between two cookies and then froze them for a few hours before serving. Everyone LOVED them!
Just made these for a party and they were delish!! I added 1 cup chopped pecans to it. Yummy!
Bought white chocolate and dried cherries to add to a cookie, but couldn’t decide on the base. Thank you for the nudge in the direction my favorite oatmeal recipe.
OK you my friend are a lifesaver. In my quest to LIVE better in 2011 (which by the way does not mean more diet and exercise, it just means be happy as much as un-humanly possible) the decision was made to have dessert every day. EVERY DAY. And in looking up random recipes i decided i wanted oatmeal raisin cookies, but not the hard crunchy should be biscotti kind. The kind that make you slide into the cushions of your couch, put your feet up and watch Grey’s Anatomy kind. And all along you had these gems. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!
my tummy thanks you as well. :)
I’ve only just discovered your website and I’m loving it! I started off by making these oatmeal cookies, and they came out pretty nice. But, since I’m European and didn’t grow up with wonderful things like oatmeal cookies (I know, we’re far behind ;-)) I’m not quite sure if they should be chewy or crispy. Mine were somewhere in between. And when you say “rounded tablespoonfuls” should I drop balls of dough onto the sheet or do I make a flat cookie with rounded edges?
These are studded perfection. They come out as little nibbles that everyone loves and people disguise as healthy due to the cherries. Ah, Joy you are the master of deception and the queen of oh so tempting oatmeal cookies.
Thanks for another winner!
FABULOUS COOKIES! I made a test batch for a cookie swap I have coming up and they are delish. The only thing I do differently (as with all my cookie recipes) is go a little heavier on the chocolate chips and cherries in this case. Thank you so much, these are sure to be added to my regular holiday baking!
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