WORLD OATMEAL COOKIES … with Dried Cranberries, Crystallised Ginger, Walnuts & Raisins
“I’ll feed them milk and cookies.”
Brent Sutter
Brent Sutter
I love a good oatmeal cookie. Had a bag of dates & thought I’d do a date & walnut something. Surfed the net for ages looking for something ‘cookie’ to make with dates & walnuts. Obviously & predictably, got hopelessly distracted, & ended up making these tasty morsels … without using dates of course! 
Not really sure if I would like dates in my cookies, I played around with ingredients in an old oatmeal cookie recipe I had. Ended up with these delish cookies, using some crystallised ginger & dried cranberries I had on hand. What I like about this recipe is that it gives me the freedom to use up whatever extras I have on hand, &, it makes a generous 5 dozen cookies. Else, 4 dozen cookies, & a COOKIE PIZZA!!
The cookies keep well for 2-3 weeks in an airtight box, & I’ve made them several times over the past few months. I love them because they use ‘healthy’ oats, & refer to them as my ‘World Oatmeal Cookies’ … because they got born with inputs from across the globe. 
I used crystallised ginger that I made from a Levobitz recipe, one that I have come to love. Nothing like home made crystallized ginger; it’s addictive, it’s beautifully flavoured, & keeps well. I’ve used it in Ginger Florentines & Candied Ginger & Tangerine Shortbread cookies, & in the Daring Bakers Yule Log too. 
Something else went into the cookies … dried cranberries from a big bag that Nic mailed from Kent! Also in there, walnuts that my Mom’s friend sent in from Kashmir, & finally on top, a sprinkling of vanilla sugar that a dear friend constantly gets in from Lviv, Ukraine. I’ve made these cookies SO MANY TIMES! Feel free to use what you like in them … chocolate chips, pistachio nuts, chopped dates, dried cherries, mixed winter berries…I’ve even used crystallised orange peel on one instance! 
A store house of energy, the kids love them! WORLD OATMEAL COOKIES with dried cranberries, crystallised ginger & toasted walnuts
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup wholewheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats (I use Quaker oats)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats (I use Quaker oats)
1/4 cup crystallised ginger, chopped
1/2-1 cup dried cranberries or dried cherries (cut roughly with kitchen scissors if you like)
1 cup chopped toasted walnuts (untoasted are fine too)
1 cup chopped toasted walnuts (untoasted are fine too)
1/2 cup raisins
Vanilla sugar for sprinkling (optional)
Method:
Method: - Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 2-3 baking sheets.
- Mix the flours, baking soda, baking powder & salt in a bowl. Keep aside.
- Beat the butter & both sugars in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in the eggs & vanilla.
- Mix in the blended flour mix. Stir in the oats, dried cranberries, crystallised ginger, walnuts & raisins (or whatever you fancy).
- Drop tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, 2 inches apart.
- Flatten cookies slightly with a fork. Sprinkle with vanilla sugar (optional) … OR
- Make a cookie pizza, & then use the rest of the dough for cookies. I got about 4 dozen cookies, & 1 pizza. If you plan on making a cookie pizza, make sure you score the sections prior to baking.
- Bake cookies until golden brown, about 10-12 minutes. remove from oven & leave on baking sheet for a minute.
- Transfer to racks & cool completely.
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
30 Comments
Jo
Oh wow, these look absolutely delicious. I’ve never thought of adding ginger in my oatmeal cookies before. Definitely have to give this a try the next time I bake up a batch.
SweetThings
What a great post! And thanks for the idea of adding crystalized ginger – that would be such a great addition.
Parita
Yummy and healthy oatmeal cookies, love using ginger and cranberries..fab combination…pics are gorgeous 🙂
Snooky doodle
wow hice. How many delicious ingredients 🙂 I ve never made a cookie pizza but wish to 🙂 looks yummY.
Eliana
Oatmeal cookies are my absolute favorite. They lend themselves to so many different flavors to be added in. So versatile and hearty. These look fantastic.
Kitchen Flavours
Crystalline ginger…..hmmm i cfan feel the taste…..cookies sound healthy and look crunchy and yum…
Curry Leaf
Love the world cookies.I too love oatmeal cookies but never made the cookie pizza and also am yet to try dates in my cookies.
Ria
Amaaaazing Deeba!!! Loved it!! One doubt! How to you manage to stack up the cookies like that in a ball form? looks lovely!
Maria
I love a good hearty cookie! These look wonderful!
Judy@nofearentertaining
Wonderful looking cookies. I think I am going to have to steal that recipe. I am looking for a basic one that I can play with and this one looks great!!!
Kelly
Holy-Awesome Batman! Those look fantastic! I love the flavors you used, and I love cranberrys in oatmeal cookies. Yum!
The Purple Foodie
I have never made an oatmeal cookies. At least I don’t remember making them. Now I’m wondering why 😛 These look fantastic!
♥Rosie♥
These cookies are simply gorgeous Deeba!
Apologies for not calling by earlier due to my back circumstances.
Rosie x
Superchef
ginger in oatmeal cookies will be such a wonderful addition..this is now a must try for me! 🙂
pigpigscorner
I want a slice of that cookie pizza!
Elra
Those crystalized ginger and cranberries look so good Dee! I can imagine the flavor that they give for this cookies. I can even smell them all the way here. Scrumptious!
meeso
These sound great, quite a mix of goodies and a new flavor!
Reeni♥
These looks wonderful, a great mix of goodies in every bite!
Kerstin
I love that oatmeal cookie pizza and how there are so many treats packed in!
Helene
Your kids my be very happy. The one thing missing is my Chocolate Chips that I bought for you… 🙂
Love your creation.
Arwen from Hoglet K
That’s great that you make your own crystallised ginger! I also love the way people send you things to cook with. It would keep you creative.
noble pig
Wow, so many goodies in there! So beautiful and I am impressed.
MAHIMA
Awesome deeba!!! i wish these were eggless recipes.
🙂
Nicisme
Ok, fess up, what are you doing to make those cranberries multiply? LOL!
I adore ginger and these cookies are right up my street, love the cookie pizza!
arundati
oh what a fabulous combination… i love the cookie pizza idea… most of the time i shy away from cookies that need to be individually shaped and dropped…even rolled… i prefer the ice box ones… roll, refrigerate, slice and bake!!
Darius T. Williams
These look like some amazing cookies!!!
A_and_N
I love, love that blue mug!!
Talita
I like cranberries so much! Cranberries cookies sounds delicious!
Julia @ Mélanger
Yum, I want to bake these now. I’ve added ginger to chocolate/gingerbread type cookies before but never oatmeal based. I love that strong crystallised ginger flavour so these have massive appeal!!!
Nagesh.MVS
Great post.
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