Cookies!!

Here we are at the first Tuesday in the month!  This is the day I provide lunch for the adult day care program at our church.  Let's begin with the most important part of the meal first - dessert!:-)  I have baked an assortment of cookies.

Oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries.

Annie Hall's Butter Cookies!

Chocolate cookies a la Pioneer Woman.

A finished assortment.

So - a recipe must be in order for this post.  Susan Branch has the recipe for Annie Hall's Butter Cookies in her book "Christmas from the Heart of the Home" on page 82.  They are truly delicious, and I'm sure you will want to try them.  The recipe is also available on her website.  So, the recipe that I will choose for today's post is the one for the Cranberry-Orange Oatmeal Cookies.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 Tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups oats
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- Mix butter and brown sugar until creamy.  Add egg; mix well, then add milk, orange zest, and extracts, mixing well.  Combine flour, baking soda, salt , and oats.  Add to creamed  mixture.  Fold in cranberries and nuts.  Drop teaspoons of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges start to turn golden brown.  3 dozen

I am not sure about the source of this recipe.  I think I may have copied it from a newspaper clipping as it has been neatly re-written onto a recipe card!  Most of my newspaper clippings haven't made it to that stage yet.:-)

One more day for that giveaway!  You will need to go back to the post for Saturday, December 1 in order to enter.

Next post - Of course!  You want to hear about the chocolate!

Thank you for reading.  I appreciate your comments.