Oatmeal White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies*

By srumbel

When I love someone, I bake these cookies for them. When someone does something nice for me, like take me on a 3 hour free surf lesson, I bake them these cookies. When someone is having a bad day, they get these cookies, wrapped in paper with the best words I can think of to brighten their day. These are those kind of cookies. Bake some right away, save a couple for yourself, and then promptly give them away unless you want to eat them all in one sitting. I have seen it happen.
from slenderkitchen.com

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 applesauce
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats (not instant)
• 3/4 cup dried cranberries
• 4 ounces white chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 375°F.
Using a large bowl, cream the sugar, butter, brown sugar, and applesauce using an electric mixer or by hand.
Then add the vanilla extract and egg and mix until well combined. Add the cinnamon, baking soda, salt and flours. Mix well.
Fold in the oatmeal. Then when it seems like the dough can barely hold anything else, fold in the cranberries and white chocolate. The dough will seem loose, but you will press it together when forming the cookies.
Take the dough and roll about 36 1-inch balls. Place them 3 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes, until the edges and bottom start to crisp.
Give them to your favorite person, or stuff some low fat ice cream between two and enjoy by yourself in the kitchen, like me.

Servings: 36 servings
Serving Size: 1 cookie
Nutritional Info: 88.6 calories, 10.5g3.2g of fat, 13.7g of carbohydrates, 1.2g of fiber, 1.2g of protein
Weight Watchers® PointsPlus®: 2 *