A bag of dried cherries in my pantry has been haunting me for weeks now, staring back forlornly every time I reach out to grab its neighbors. My first idea was to use it in a coffee cake. A few chopped up cherries in the streusel would have been fantastic but with all the indulgence of the Mocha Rum Bundt Cake earlier this week, I decided that the destiny of the dried cherries was to be in cookies. Cookies are easily stocked and a lesser temptation compared to cake.
Changes and Variations: If you have dried cherries, I suggest you bake these cookies. Even if they’re not making a sorry face every time you pass them by. I added a combination of white and semi-sweet chocolate chips to the batter. Also avoided nuts but you could add walnut, pecan or macadamia if you like. The next time I’d like to try it with some shredded coconut.
Over to the recipe: Buttery and chewy, filled with tart cherries and a touch of dark and white chocolate chips. Just perfect with a glass of cold milk every morning.
- 1½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cup old fashioned oats
- 6 oz. (1 cup) semi sweet chocolate chips
- 6 oz. (1 cup) white chocolate chips
- 1 cup dried cherries, roughly chopped
- 1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped (optional)
- Preheat oven to 325° F.
- Line baking sheets with silicon baking mats or parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together by whisking.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, (or large bowl using hand mixer) using the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium until smooth, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the honey and beat for 1 minute.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating a full minute after adding each egg.
- Lower the mixture speed, add the oats and combine well.
- Add the dry ingredients mixing only until just combined.
- Gradually add both the chocolate chips, cherries and walnuts(or any other nuts), turning the mixer on and off quickly to combine. Or stir in the last 3 ingredients with a heavy duty spoon or rubber spatula.
- Place rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto the lined baking sheets about 11/2-2 inches apart.
- Bake in 325°F oven for about 15-18 minutes, turning once halfway through baking time.
- When cookies are done, let cool on baking sheets for a minute or so, then carefully place on cooling racks until you can safely touch them.
- Serve with a glass of cold milk
Happy Baking!
Oh how beautiful! And I DO have a bag of dried cherries leftover from a previous recipe. They must taste amazing combined with oatmeal…and lovely bits of chocolate! Great recipe!
Do you think if I say Abracadabra a couple of these cookies will appear in my kitchen tomorrow morning at breakfast time?
My beautiful friend, these cookies are to die for! I love the cherry chips! :)
these look delicious!
They look so inviting with cherries! Cranberries sound like a great alternative.
I do indeed have dried cherries in my pantry :-). These look scrumptious, especially with the addition of chocolate and nuts. Well done!
Hmm, I’m not sure that cookies are less tempting than cake, I’d be hard pressed to stay away from these!
Oh I have wanted to make these for ages! I also have bags of dried cherries begging me to be put into cookies and love this recipe! Delicious!
Great recipe and pictures make this even more tempting. Thnx for sharing. I must try this one.
What beautiful photos!
Dried cherries in cookies..such lovely texture it is giving to the cute little bakes!
Yum – I love love love dried cherries and have a bag right now! These look like the cookies for me.
These really look delicious. I love oatmeal cookies and am always on the prowl for new ways to fix them. This is my first visit to your blog, so I took some time to browse through you rearlier posts. I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and I’ll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Gulp! Those are really-really yummy looking!
These cookies sound super tasty!
You’re amazing. I want to make everything you post!
I bet the adding coconut in these would be great but I think they look delicious just as they are. I was in a baking supply store the other day, saw some gorgeous bundt pans and immediately thought of you ;) Have a great weekend.
Aww.. Thanks Paula. I do have a thing for bundt cakes and keep collecting pans. :)
I love thick oatmeal cookies, these look too good! I just used up my leftover dried cherries so now I’ve got a perfect excuse to go grab some more!
Also, I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award :) I love following all of your recipes! Your oreo bars are still on my list to try, those looks amazingggg!
Have a great weekend!
Thank you so much, Kristina.
Love how healthy and delicious these look, perfect for an afternoon treat!
These look delicious. I love dried cherries in oatmeal cookies. I believe they’re meant for each other.
Oh these look delicious. I like the use of honey with the cherries. I be these are awesome!
i am making these for sure.
These look amazing!
I think cookies was the right way to go! These look incredible!
I love these cookies, they look wonderful! I have some dried cherries that I picked up at the Farmers Market that would go perfect in your cookies. I’m thinking these maybe a great cookie to make over the weekend!! Yum!!
Oooh I love the idea of using cherries in there! Yum, Coconut or mac nuts in there sound like a great idea too!
These cookies look amazing! I love the use of the dried cherry & white chocolate together, that just sounds divine! I know what you mean about cake being a bad temptation, I just ate half a cupcake to be good, then decided to eat the other half too! Although I’m not sure I could control myself around these cookies either. :)
I love the very intense flavor
Oh those are just lovely!! I love the cherry. YUM YUM
Your description of these has them calling my name! I’d love to vegan-ize them with flax eggs and mix in some macadamias and shredded coconut like you mentioned. Sounds perfect for the upcoming spring weekend!
Don’t you just hate when ingredients are lurking in the back of the cabinet and you’re chock out of ideas? I have a bag of frozen cranberries from November that just won’t. go. away. These cookies look so delicious though, and I’d definitely say you picked a great recipe. Thanks for sharing. Also, I’m having a great giveaway today with four potential prize winners, so you should enter!
These cookies look small, cute and divinely decadent – I love the combo of cherry and chocolate :D
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Choc Chip Uru
Love dried cherries in choc chip cookies!
I love white chocolate-cherry cookies, but I’ve never seen them in an oatmeal base. That’s perfect–I am saving this one!
Your Oatmeal Cherry Chip Cookies look pretty cute, very pleasing for the eyes. I bet they taste awsesome too. thx for sharing
Yum and more yum!! You have included three of my favorite ingredients in baked goods.. oatmeal, chocolate and cranberries. What a great combination! :)
Yum! I love oatmeal cookies, and I’m sure the dried cherries add a wonderful sweetness in every bite. I will definitely make these soon since I also have a sorry looking bag of dried cherries in my pantry. And I’ll make that coffee cake too!
oh my this looks sensational. i don’t have dried cherries unfortunately, but i’ll have to get some and make these. i love the chocolate and any berry combo! gorg pics.
I don’t know if there are a lesser temptation – they look pretty tempting to me! Now I’m craving cookies and milk!
I love eating my oatmeal with chocolates and dried cherries…this cookie version of it sounds a lot more delightful.
Happy weekend to you!
This cookie does have a lot of delicious add ins to make it tasty! I was wondering when I saw the title about Cherry chips if you actually bought cherry chips. However, dried cherries are probably better because cherry chips probably have a lot of chemicals in them..even if you can’t find them. Definitely another one to add to my recipe file of oatmeal cookies-yum! Have a great weekend!
I love a good cookie! The cherries sounds like the perfect tart hint to these!
I love dried cherries in cookies. They sparkle.
Oh, I LOVE this combination!!! I think dried cherries are made for oatmeal cookies! YUM.
These look great, I love oatmeal and dried cherries together. Also loving the use of honey!
These cookies look great! Love the cherries!
Kind of like a chocolate covered cherry cookie :). These sounds and LOOK addicting!
These looks lovely – beautiful photos! I’ve never had cherry cookies before – so must try them.
they look delicious! and well balanced with the oatmeal
These cookies look pretty perfect :-) Definitely keeping this!
Oh yum, You have my attention….and just curious, did you save me one? Hugs, Terra
Wow – these are just stunning! I love the flavor combination and your photos!
Oh I find the cakes and cookies equally tempting! The combination of these cookies is brilliant and they are baked to perfection.
MMMM! I absolutely love this combination of ingredients! Dried cherries and chocolate are an awesome pair, and I think some shredded coconut would be a great idea :) Fabulous recipe, I definitely need to get me some dried cherries! Hope you have a lovely weekend~
I’m looking at these right now with my eight year old and she says “they’re soo good Mom”!Next on my list to make I guess :)Love the cherries in there!Hope you’re enjoying your weekend my friend!
I have dried cherries and I’m definitely following your suggestion. Those are some seriously, scrumptious looking cookies!
Wow! They look delicious. :-)
Interesting! I’m still not a scone person, but I love oatmeal and cherries, so I might just have to give these a try.
Yum, these look delicious. I love the sound of cherry cookies.
Cherries and chocolate sound great to me. These look yummy!
We buy dried cherries from Costco a lot for snacking, yogurt mix-ins and granola ingredients. I’m totally cheating on this health food dried cherry stretch with these cookies!
I heart that you added cherries to these. Just sayin
I’d love to have some right now – craving for some little sweet desserts but not super sweet. These dried cherry sounds perfect for my liking. And when I think of it, I’ve never tried dried cherries in the cookies… I think?? =D Gorgeous pictures too – just pinned- love them!
Thanks Nami.
Oh I’d love to try some of these cookies :) I never use to like oatmeals lol but now Im kinda addicted I love to start my day with a nice bowl of porridge and love oatmeals in cookies ~ I also convinced myself that they are kinda ‘healthy’ for us :P Thanks for sharing!!!
YUMMY cherry chip cookies :D
Too cute! I’d love a few with some soy milk! :D
I love that picture with the cookie on top of the glass … Totally scary :-)