Craisin Oatmeal Toffee White Chocolate Chip Cookies (Karin’s Christmas Cookies)

Advocate-tested recipe

Craisin Oatmeal Toffee White Chocolate Chip Cookies (Karin’s Christmas Cookies)

Makes 5 dozen cookies. Recipe is by Karin Devendorf.

11/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1 egg

2 tsps. vanilla extract

11/2 cups oatmeal

1 bag Craisins, any flavor

3 cups white chocolate chips

1½ to 2 cups Hershey’s chocolate or almond toffee bits

1. Sift flour and baking soda together, set aside. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and combine well, then add vanilla and combine well.

2. Add sifted flour a little bit at a time on low speed. Then add oatmeal and combine. By hand, stir in fruit, chips and toffee.

3. Lay out three 11/2-foot lengths of plastic wrap. Spoon dough into three equal logs. Roll and wrap, forming three logs 11/2 inches wide. Refrigerate until cold, then slice into 1/2-inch slices and lay out on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper.

4. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake cookies 9 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool.