{"id":7899,"date":"2012-12-29T23:19:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T06:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=7899"},"modified":"2017-06-28T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:35:00","slug":"netties-christmas-chocolate-chip-cranberry-pecan-oatmeal-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=7899","title":{"rendered":"Nettie&#8217;s Christmas Chocolate Chip Cranberry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I tossed a few things together several years ago and this winning combination was the result.\u00a0 I make them every year, and every year they get raves. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I added a touch more flour this year than the recipe calls for, which made the cookies more substantial.\u00a0 The recipe as written results in a flat and somewhat more delicate cookie.\u00a0 Also, feel free to substitute white chocolate chips &#8211; they are AMAZING that way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/4 cups packed brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 egg<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 cup unsifted flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-1\/2 teaspoons sweet spice<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats, uncooked<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 cup pecans, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 cup dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[bd_separator]<br \/>\nDirections:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color (about 4 minutes).\u00a0 Add vanilla and egg, and mix on low speed until incorporated.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and sweet spice.\u00a0 Add to creamed mixture, mixing well.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stir in oats.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fold in chocolate chips, dried cranberries and chopped pecans.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bake 8-9 minues for a chewy cookie, 10-11 minutes for a crisp cookie.\u00a0 Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire cooling racks.\u00a0 Store in tightly covered container.\u00a0 Makes about 6 dozen 2&#8243; cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tossed a few things together several years ago and this winning combination was the result.\u00a0 I make them every year, and every year they get raves. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I added a touch more flour this year than the recipe calls for, which made the cookies more substantial.\u00a0 The recipe as written results in a flat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,598,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-netties-world","category-recipes","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7899"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15094,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899\/revisions\/15094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}