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Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies

March 7, 2009 by Joy the Baker 89 Comments

Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies

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.

Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies

Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies

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

Oatmeal Cherry White Chocolate Cookies

oooooh Quaker.  You’ve done it again.

Print this Recipe!

1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup white chocolate chips or chunks
Heat oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, beat margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Add oats and raisins; mix well.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
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  1. Ne-Ne

    January 20, 2011 at 11:29 am

    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. :)

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  2. Michele

    December 16, 2010 at 8:06 am

    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.

    Reply
  3. Karen

    December 12, 2010 at 9:16 am

    Just made these for a party and they were delish!! I added 1 cup chopped pecans to it. Yummy!

    Reply
  4. heidi W

    November 5, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    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!

    Reply
  5. Hannah @ greenoats&jam

    October 29, 2010 at 8:02 am

    I made these a month ago and they were fantastic! thank you so much, joy! :D

    Reply
  6. Bake-A-Holic

    July 8, 2010 at 7:06 am

    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.

    Reply
  7. Megan

    June 28, 2010 at 4:35 am

    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?

    Reply
  8. Jannett

    March 30, 2010 at 6:42 am

    Great photos… Love your blog… I have put these on my list to try… :)

    Reply
  9. Shami

    March 9, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    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!

    Reply
  10. Colleen

    January 26, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Another awesome bit of goodness. Thanks for satisfying another pregnancy craving!

    Reply
  11. Nikki

    January 1, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    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 :)

    Reply
  12. hannah Brown

    December 28, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    ABSOLUTLEY FABULOUS!!!

    Reply
  13. Lindsey

    December 28, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    We made these for Christmas, and they were a big hit! Thanks for the recipe! I put it on my blog. https://lindseyis.blogspot.com/2009/12/oatmeal-cherry-white-chocolate-cookies.html

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