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A chocolate chip cherry oatmeal cookie balances on top of a glass of milk.

Chocolate Chip Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal cookies packed with chocolate and dried cherries then sprinkled with sea salt. The perfect chewy, soft, sweet and salty cookie!
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 235kcal

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Ingredients
 

  • 2 sticks butter, softened (16 Tablespoons )
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 cups old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk or dark chocolate chunks (about 3 chocolate bars broken into pieces, plus more for topping)
  • 1 cup dried cherries (roughly chopped, plus more for topping)
  • Flake sea salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together butter and brown sugar on medium high speed until the mixture is creamy and light in color, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
  • Add the flour, oats, baking powder, soda, and salt and beat on low speed until well combined.
  • Stir in the chocolate chunks and cherries.
  • Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or overnight. If you're in a hurry, you can scoop the dough onto baking sheets and freeze for 15 minutes.
  • To bake, drop heaping Tablespoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until outsides are golden and interior is still a bit soft and puffy. Dot with a few additional chocolate chunks or cherries for a beautiful presentation. Allow the cookies to set up completely on the cookie sheet and then remove to a wire rack to cool.
  • Sprinkle with flakes of sea salt and store in an airtight container.

Notes

  • I have made these many times with both dark and milk chocolate. I (Courtney) tend to prefer milk chocolate and Will prefers dark chocolate, but we won't say no to either! We also like to dot the tops with a few extra chocolate chips and cherries right after they come out of the oven for a beautiful presentation. 
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Keyword cherry chocolate chip cookies, cherry oatmeal cookies, chocoalte chip cherry oatmeal cookies, cookies with dried cherries

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 231mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 434IU | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg
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