White Chocolate Chip Cookies with Oats and Cherries

The Chocolate Chip Cookie. Are there a thousand recipes floating out there for this most traditional, beloved cookie? Maybe two thousand? Everyone has a favorite recipe. And for good reason. There’s truly nothing better than a hot-out-of-the-oven, melty, gooey chocolate chipper. And that DOUGH! I think there might be a time or two or three that I possibly ate more than half the dough before even one cookie was baked. Are you nodding your head and thinking that this all sounds a bit familiar? Are you pulling your mixer out as you read this? Well, get ready to elevate the cookie just a bit. White Chocolate Chip Cookies with Oats and Cherries is the fancy-pants cousin to the basic. When you want something just a tad different and a bit more sophisticated, here it is!

For some reason, I get more requests for this recipe than pretty much any other. I’m not sure why, but people go wild for these cookies! It’s a pretty basic recipe, but with the added punch of oats, white chocolate chips and dried cherries. Throw in some nuts and whole-wheat flour, and you’ve got yourself a winner. Think of it…literally five minutes from now, you could be stealing spoonfuls of dough and feeling pretty great about it. I mean, there are eggs, whole wheat and oats in there, right? That’s a balanced meal in a spoonful…or two…or three……..