Soft and chewy cookies with tart cherries and hearty oatmeal that sticks to the ribs
Chewy Oatmeal Cherry Cookies
Submitted by Sue Rubin
2 sticks unsalted butter softened but still firm
1 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
3 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cup dried bing cherries
Method:
Heat oven 350 degrees. In bowl of electric mixer or by hand, beat butter until creamy. Add sugars; beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time.
Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg together, then stir them into butter-sugar mixture with wooden spoon or large rubber spatula. Stir in oats and cherries.
Form dough into 16 to 20 2″ balls, placing each dough round onto one of two cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake 22 to 25 minutes until edges turn golden brown. Halfway thru baking, turn cookie sheets from front to back. Let cool slightly and slide cookies onto a cooling rack. Cool 30 minutes before serving.
