Saturday, April 2, 2011

Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies

My Dad absolutely loves tennis and has for a while now volunteered to teach tennis to underprivileged children on the weekends with the program Grassroots. As a special treat, my Dad invited some of the kids over to our house to watch a tennis match and have pizza. In order to top off their meal, I decided to make special cookies for them to enjoy after pizza. 
They scarfed them up instantly and told me they were the best cookies they ever had.

Right out of the oven.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/44 cups oats
1 stick softened butter
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
1½ teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup dried cranberries
2/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks
½ cup chopped walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F and grease cookie sheets and set them aside.
Beat together the butter and sugars and slowly add in the egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Slowly stir this dry mixture into the wet mixture until well mixed. Afterwards, stir in the oats, and finally the cranberries, chocolate chunks, and walnuts.
Roll the dough into small balls and place on the greased baking sheets.

Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes so the centers are still soft.
Let cool and then remove from cookie sheets.

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