Chewy with a crisp edge, these cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookies are a delicious Christmas cookie to bake up for your friends, family or while you are decorating the tree. The sweet dried cranberries and a touch of white chocolate chips pair well with the rich flavors of real butter and soft wheat flour.

Traditions. They are a huge part of Christmas. For our family that includes an endless search in freezing cold temperatures to find just the right Christmas tree to cut down. Homemade Christmas ornaments rolled, cut and decorated. And as far back as I can remember, we have built a gingerbread house.

Creativity runs in the family. 

While other seasons, like spring, summer and early fall are incredibly busy on the homestead, winter is a time of rest. A little bit of down time allows us to flex our creative genes and learn new skills. Or just spend time simply making things with our hands. With the Christmas season upon us, I prefer to spend my time in the kitchen, baking up treats filled with holiday flavors. Last season, I churned up a batch of white chocolate peppermint ice cream. This year, I decided to incorporate my love for stone milled flour into a cookie recipe. Specifically a Christmas cookie recipe.

A seasonal favorite, cranberries and white chocolate come together to form a melody of scrumptious flavors and turn an ordinary oatmeal cookie into a Christmas delight. Having a dependable holiday cookie recipe in your recipe box will serve you well when you need a homemade gift idea, receive a last minute notice that company is coming over for dinner or just have a craving for something sweet.

Baking Cookies With Fresh Milled Flour

When it comes to baking with fresh milled flour, there are a few things to consider. The first and most important is what type of wheat flour to use in your baked goods. Hard white wheat berries and hard red wheat berries are a great choice for baking breads. Due to its high amount of protein, a yeast bread recipe made with hard wheat will have a stronger gluten structure and therefore be able to rise into a nice large loaf of bread.

Baked goods such as cookies, cakes, brownies and other such treats are best when made with a soft white wheat flour. Soft wheat has a low protein content which helps to create a light and fluffy baked good — which makes it perfect for this oatmeal cookie recipe. When baking with freshly milled soft white wheat flour, place 2/3 cup of wheat berries in your grain mill to create one cup of flour.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

As if you really need a reason to enjoy a homemade cookie recipe, other than the obvious, delicious, sweet and crunchy, here are a few additional recipes as to why you’ll want to immediately bake up a batch of these oatmeal cookies.

• Oats are great for you! Not only do they help fill your belly up (which supports a healthy waistline), they also promote good bacteria in your gut and are a great source of fiber.
• Made with freshly milled flour. Baking a batch of cookies with fresh ground flour, such as soft white wheat, ensures you get the most nutrients, vitamins and fiber.
• A healthier cookie recipe. Let’s face it, no one eats a cookie because it is a healthy, nutritious food … although we all wish it was. Rather we eat it because it is a treat that satisfies our sweet tooth. With that being said, this healthier version of an oatmeal cookie recipe is made with fresh ground flour, sucanat (an unrefined sugar with vitamins and minerals), real dairy, fruit, lots of oats and no artificial flavors or ingredients.
• Great holiday cookie recipe. If you’re looking for a tasty Christmas cookie with all of your favorite holiday flavors, you’ve found the right recipe! This cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookie is sure to be a hit among your family.

Soft Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Tender with a crispy, crunchy edge, these cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookies are a perfect treat for the holiday season. Made with real cranberries, freshly milled flour and a touch of white chocolate, they are sure to become your favorite Christmas treat.

Makes: 16 cookies

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup freshly milled soft wheat flour (see substitutions in notes section below)
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 stick) butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar or sucanat
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar and beat until it is light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. Beat for about 45 seconds to a minute, scraping down the sides of the bowl if necessary. 

In a separate bowl, combine the soft wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Gradually stir into the butter mixture, mixing well.

In a second bowl, stir the oats, cranberries and white chocolate chips together. Slowly incorporate the oats and berries into the cookie dough.

Using a large cookie scoop, drop dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet, spacing about 2 1/2 inches apart.

Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes, one sheet at a time, until the edges are set up and the centers still look raw and puffy. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling. 

Recipe Notes

If you don’t have a grain mill, you can still make this delicious cookie recipe. Replace the freshly milled soft white wheat flour with whole wheat flour in equal proportions. All-purpose flour will also work.

Freshly milled flour is always brown in coloring and is not bleached or white in coloring like many store bought flours can be. When making these cookies, they will have a deep tan color once baked. Having used organic all purpose flour much of my life, when I opened the oven for the first time, I forgot that the cookies were not going to be a light cream color like many commercially made cookies are.

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Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies

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