Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

1½ cups flour 

¼ teaspoon baking soda 

¼ cup shortening 

½ cup granulated sugar 

1 teaspoon vanilla 

1½ cups Jersey Fresh cranberries, dried

1 cup hazelnuts or walnuts, coarsely chopped

 

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ cup butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 Jersey Fresh eggs

2 cups rolled oats

 

From Jersey Fresh Cooks cookbook

Submitted by: Dorothy DeAntonio, Sewell, NJ

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add eggs and vanilla. Add brown sugar and granulated sugar; beat well. Stir in remaining flour mixture. Stir in rolled oats, dried cranberries, and chopped nuts. Do not overbeat. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9 - 11 minutes until edges are golden. Makes 4 dozen. 

Store in airtight container.


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