I truly love where I live. I get to experience the full depth of each four seasons. It’s beautiful. That said, we don’t get cherry season until late summer. And gosh darn, I was craving cherries last weekend something fierce. Cherry cookies to be exact. So what’s a northern Canadian gal to do but go to the store and grab a bag of dried tart cherries for these easy, chewy, and delicious Cherry Oatmeal Cookies.
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Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
A hearty cookie full of whole grain rolled oats, bursting with dried tart cherries. Complimented with sweet white chocolate morsels of yum and a hint of salt. These cherry oatmeal cookies smell an absolute dream as they bake up to golden chewy oatmeal cookie perfection. The best one-bowl cherry cookie recipe you’ll ever try!
An Easy One-Bowl Cookie Recipe
Sometimes I have zero desire to pull out my beloved KitchenAid mixer. As fabulous as it is for baking, sometimes I want to throw everything into a bowl, give it a mix, and call it a day. Am I alone? I can’t be! For the sole reason of ease, I’ve created this super simple one-bowl recipe. You literally only need one bowl.
How To Make Chewy Cookies
The key to a chewy cookie is in the ingredients. Sugar type and fat source to be exact. This recipe calls for brown sugar and butter the two factors that will help in producing a chewy cookie texture and consistency. Both butter and brown sugar contain softening properties which add moisture to the cookie dough. More moisture means a chewier cookie. A higher oat to flour ratio is also going to help produce an ultra chewy cookie texture.
So first grab a large mixing bowl. Second, get out the ingredients. And third, bake up a batch of these super easy one-bowl cherry oatmeal cookies. You won’t regret it. Chewy cookies with a crisp edge loaded with dried tart cherries and white chocolate chips. A cherry oatmeal cookie recipe that you’ll be baking on repeat whether it’s cherry season or not.
Easy Cookie Recipes
Love an easy cookie? I’ve got a few here that whip up in a snap!
- Funfetti Sugar Cookies
- Key Lime Pie Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Espresso Molasses Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
- Total Time: 20 Minutes
- Yield: 24 Cookies 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Easy one-bowl chewy cherry oatmeal cookies loaded with tart dried cherries, white chocolate chips, and hearty whole grain rolled oats. This is a cookie recipe you’ll make time and time again.
Ingredients
Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
- ½ cup dairy-free salted butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature *can sub 1 flax egg or ⅛ vegan yogurt
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups whole grain rolled oats *certified gluten-free if need be
- ½ cup all-purpose flour *can sub gluten-free 1:1 baking blend
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. coarse sea salt
- 1 cup dried cherries
- ½ cup dairy-free white chocolate chips *
Instructions
Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
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In a large mixing bowl add in the melted butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir together until well combined and creamy.
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Add in the whole grain oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until fully combined and a dough forms.
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Add in the dried cherries and white chocolate chips. Stir until just combined.
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Using a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop drop the cookie dough onto the parchment-lined cookie trays approximately 3 inches apart (note that these cookies will spread) and bake for 9-11 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the centers appear just slightly under-baked.
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Let the cookies cool on the tray for at least 10 minutes before removing them to a cookie rack. Enjoy!
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days. They can also be frozen in a freezer bag or double-wrapped with plastic wrap for up to 6 months.
Notes
* I use Pascha dairy-free white chocolate chips which can be found here on amazon. If you are not dairy-sensitive, use regular white chocolate chips.
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 165
- Sugar: 16 Grams
- Sodium: 27 Miligrams
- Fat: 5 Grams
- Saturated Fat: 3 Gram
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 Gram
- Trans Fat: 0 Gram
- Carbohydrates: 22 Grams
- Fiber: 1 Gram
- Protein: 1 Gram
- Cholesterol: 17 Miligrams
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They turned out so chewy! My ideal cookie.
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A chewy oatmeal cookie is my ideal cookie too. Thanks for sharing Sanai.
I made these but with cranberries and they turned out great.
★★★★★
Mmmm cranberries sound equally as delicious!
A fun take on a traditional oatmeal cookie. I really enjoyed the white chocolate.
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I’m a white chocolate feind! Thanks for baking these up Dana.
I decided to make these cookies with dried cranberries rather than Cherries (only because I’m not a fan of cherries) and they were amazing! I gave some to a few of my friends and all of them told me they were the best cookies they’ve ever had!
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Cranberries and white chocolate are perfect together. Solid choice!
Just made these and they are delicious! I used cranberries because that’s all I had 😝 and they turned out amazing. The perfect, chewy oatmeal cookie
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I don’t think cranberries will steer ya wrong in this one!
Dairy free butter=margarine.call it what it is,smh
Hi Marcia, you can definitely use regular butter if that’s your preference! I and two of my daughters have IBS and cannot consume dairy without incredible pain and health consequences and that’s why we are dairy-free. This is also a dairy-free baking blog. I’d be happy to recommend a “regular” baking blog that perhaps is better suited to your preferences? Let me know. I’m happy to help!
Nice answer to the “snark” ❤️
I made these this morning and they are EXCELLENT! I love the chewiness of the oatmeal and sweet addition of white chocolate chips and dried cherries. I already know I will be making this recipe a lot!
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Woohoo! That literally thrills me to hear Anna!
can’t wait to make these tomorrow for a dear friend who is
coming home from rehab today
That is such a thoughtful treat to make for them.
Taste is EXCELLENT! Used mini dark chocolate chips and dried cherries. Yum. But they came out thin and flat – I think because I didn’t have a cookie scoop and used a heaping tablespoon. Could that be it?
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Yes, that definitely could have been the reason. The butter could have been a bit too soft as well.