Oatmeal Cherry Chip Cookies

Four months tomorrow will be the last time I posted to my blog...oops.  I guess you can say the holiday hustle and bustle got the best of me!  So much so, that I've forgotten to take some me time.   Everyone's "me" time varies, from running, meditating, cleaning, or exercising.  Mine is cooking, and while I have been in the kitchen a lot in the last 4 months, I honestly think that this is the first weekend since Christmas that I haven't had something going on and could do whatever I want at my leisure.  I spent my entire birthday week sick and was bummed that I missed out on family dinners, and that the taste of the very first birthday cake my husband has ever made me was nauseating (not because he cooked it but because of the tummy bug living inside me).  So today, was a little gift to me from God.  I slept in (if you call 7:30 sleeping in), had a wonderful breakfast with my dear girlfriends, went to Target and shopped for as long as I wanted, and then came home to a clean kitchen, started a pot of fresh coffee, and started baking.  Ahhhhh.....zen. 

                       

I LOVE the oatmeal cherry cookies from Nordstrom Cafe.  If you've never had them - you have to!  They are absolutely delicious!  Today, I made the ever-loved chewy, buttery, and tart oatmeal cherry cookies...with my own twist of course ;) 

Oatmeal Cherry Chip Cookies 

2 sticks (1/2 pound) butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups rolled oats (old fashioned)
1 cup pound dried cherries (tart ones)

1 cup white chocolate chips 

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar and salt together until mixture is creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating 30 seconds after each egg. Stir in milk.

Stir together flour, baking powder, and soda, then blend dry flour mixture into creamed mixture. When flour mixture is incorporated, stir in oats and cherries.

Preheat oven to 350°. Line a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls about 3 inches apart onto parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 12 minutes, or just until cookies puff and are lightly golden brown. Do not over bake. (Cookies will flatten as they cool.) Slide parchment from baking sheet onto wire rack to allow cookies to cool completely.

I hope you've enjoyed this post from my kitchen!

Until next time…