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December 4, 2020

White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

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Start your holiday baking with these White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies! Use simple ingredients to make these festive and healthy oatmeal cookies.

hand grabbing a cranberry oatmeal cookie

Grab a few basic ingredients and make these White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies for the holidays!

I am in no way a skilled baker so when it comes to the holidays I like my cookies to be festive, yet simple and easy to make! These healthy oatmeal cookies are naturally gluten free because they are made with rolled oats.

Take those rolled oats and mix them with warming cinnamon, rich white chocolate and tart dried cranberries and you have the perfect holiday cookie. I decided to use almond butter instead of butter or oil as the fat in these cookies. This also adds a deeper, nuttier flavor to the cookies.

baked oatmeal cookies on baking sheet

What kitchen tools will I need to make these white chocolate holiday cookies?

  • Baking sheet for baking your oatmeal cookies
  • Parchment paper for lining the baking sheet
  • Mixing bowls for mixing the oatmeal cookie dough together
  • Whisk for mixing your wet ingredients
  • Spatula for folding in dry ingredients
  • Measuring spoons and measuring cups for measuring ingredients
  • Blender for blending rolled oats into oat flour

What is oat flour?

I mentioned above that you will need a blender to blend some rolled oats into oat flour. Oat flour is simply just a smooth flour made from oats.

How do you make oat flour?

It is super easy to make oat flour at home. Just add your oats to a blender and blend until a smooth, fine flour remains. It helps to have a high speed blender for this process so that you can have a fine flour for baking.

cranberry oatmeal cookies with white chocolate drizzle

What ingredients will I need to make these cranberry oatmeal cookies?

  • Egg for binding the ingredients together
  • Maple syrup to sweeten the cookies
  • Almond butter as the fat source instead of butter or oil
  • Vanilla extract to add extra flavor
  • Rolled oats for oat flour and as whole oats to add texture
  • Baking soda to help the oatmeal cookies rise
  • Cinnamon adds a warm spice flavor
  • Dried cranberries add tartness to the cookies
  • White chocolate chips to be mixed into each cookie and drizzled on top

Are these oatmeal cookies gluten free?

Yes! If you use gluten free rolled oats to make your oat flour, then these cranberry oatmeal cookies are gluten free.

Oats do not naturally contain gluten, but some oat brands have cross contamination during processing. If you need gluten free oatmeal, just check the packaged label to ensure you are using gluten free oats.

overhead view of oatmeal cookies in a cookie tin

Let’s make some White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies!

Step 1: Preheat oven and whisk wet ingredients

To begin, preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Then, in a large mixing bowl whisk together the egg, maple syrup, almond butter and vanilla extract.

Step 2: Prepare oat flour and fold in dry ingredients

Take 1 cup of rolled oats, place it in a blender, and blend into a fine flour.

Add the oat flour and remaining 1/2 cup of rolled oats to the mixing bowl along with the baking soda and ground cinnamon.

Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients with a spatula. Then, fold dried cranberries and white chocolate chips into the batter.

Step 3: Scoop cookies and bake

Scoop out a heaping tablespoon of batter for each cookie onto a baking sheet. You will have around 16 cookies in total.

Bake the cranberry oatmeal cookies at 350F for 18 minutes. Remove them from the oven and cool the cookies

Once the cookies are completely cooled melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies.

Step 4: Enjoy!

side view of healthy oatmeal cookies in a tin

Can I freeze these holiday oatmeal cookies?

Yes! Once prepared allow these cookies to cool completely. Then, transfer to an airtight container to store them.

Place these cranberry oatmeal cookies in the freezer to freeze for up to 3 months.

Try these other gluten free cookie recipes!

  • Healthy Almond Joy Cookies
  • Grain Free Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Chocolate Chip Mocha Cookies
  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!

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White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews
  • Author: Madeline
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 18 minutes
  • Total Time: 28 minutes
  • Yield: 16 cookies 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Gluten Free
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White chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies made with simple ingredients!


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Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup almond butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups rolled oats 
  • 1/4 tsp of salt (only add this if you used unsalted almond butter)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/3 cup white chocolate chips (+ more for drizzling)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the egg, maple syrup, almond butter and vanilla extract
  3. Take 1 cup of rolled oats and place it in a blender and blend into a fine flour
  4. Add the oat flour and remaining 1/2 cup of rolled oats to the mixing bowl along with the baking soda and ground cinnamon
  5. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients with a spatula
  6. Fold dried cranberries and white chocolate chips into the batter
  7. Scoop out a heaping tablespoon of batter for each cookie onto a baking sheet – you will have around 16 cookies in total
  8. Bake at 350F for 18 minutes
  9. Remove from the oven and cool the cookies
  10. Once the cookies are completely cooled melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies

Keywords: white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies, cranberry oatmeal cookies, healthy oatmeal cookies

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Filed Under: Dessert, Gluten Free, Holiday, Recipes

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  1. Erin says

    December 14, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    Just made these. Couldn’t even wait for them to cool. lol. So GOOD.

    ★★★★★

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    • Madeline says

      December 16, 2020 at 11:08 am

      oh yay!! thank you!!

      Reply
  2. Randee says

    December 28, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    Made a batch of these and gave some away as gifts. The next day my friend texted to tell me she needed the recipe because her husband ate them all. They are so so easy and delicious AND they look very festive! Yes, I definitely kept a few for myself. Haha! *subbed cashew butter and they were still excellent.

    ★★★★★

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    • Madeline says

      December 28, 2020 at 10:19 pm

      wonderful!!! so kind of you to share!

      Reply
  3. Sarah says

    December 28, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    I made these for the holidays and they were a huge hit! I think the 18 minute bake time was too long and they were a little too dry to me so I’ll check them around 15-16 minutes next time. Definitely making them again!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      December 28, 2020 at 9:53 pm

      oh thats a good tip! I think it varies from oven to oven! thank you!

      Reply
  4. Christol McKernan says

    January 3, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    I made these once and only once because they are addicting and were gone in one sitting between my husband, two kids and I. Dangerously good!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      January 4, 2021 at 3:45 pm

      hahaha love that so much! Thank you!!

      Reply

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