Toffee-Oat-Cherry-Chip Cookies

     My roommate Jenn made these one day my sophomore year at BYU. The whole apartment smelled so good! I still remember the sight of the cookies cooling on our kitchen table by the window. I wanted to eat all of them, but the other three girls might have objected. It was so hard to limit myself! Jenn got the recipe from Martha Stewart, and I’ve been making it ever since. That way I can have as many as I want! I had 10 today (that’s 1000 calories, if anyone’s counting). With all those toffee bits, the dough is so good!!! (Let me give my official health recommendation here not to consume raw eggs.) 

Ingredients:

1 c. butter, room temperature

¾ c. sugar

Some of the ingredients…

¾ c. brown sugar  

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

1 ½ c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 ½ c. oats

1 c. chocolate chips

1 c. toffee bits

1 c. dried cherries

(Note: Sometimes I use dried cranberries, but I like the cherries better.)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F.

2. Cream butter and both sugars.

3. Add vanilla and egg. Stir until evenly combined.

4. Add flour and baking soda and mix again.

5. Add oats, dried cherries, chocolate chips, and toffee bits. Stir thoroughly.

Toffee bits, cherries, oats, & chocolate chips!

Here’s your dough!

6. Drop by rounded teaspoon on ungreased baking sheet.
(I always use insulated cookie sheets like AirBake.)

7. Bake 8-10 minutes.

8. Pull cookies out of the oven when they have flattened out somewhat and edges are just beginning to turn light brown. They are delicate. (If you want thicker cookies, chill cookie dough balls before baking.)

9. Set cookie sheet on a wire rack and let cookies cool (and solidify) for a couple minutes.

10. Carefully remove cookies to wire rack.

Mmmm….mmmm!

*Nutrition facts:

Ingredient	Calories	Sodium (% RDA)	Fiber (g)	Protein (g)	Calcium (% RDA)
1 c. butter	3200	64	0	0	0
¾ c. sugar	540	0	0	0	0
¾ c. brown sugar	540	0	0	0	0
1 large egg	70	3	0	6	2
1 ½ c. flour	660	0	3	18	0
1 tsp. baking soda	0	48	0	0	0
1 c. dried cherries (5 oz. bag)	455	0	3.5	3.5	0
1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips	852	0	0	6	0
1 c. toffee bits	900	23	0	0	0
1 ½ c. oats	450	0	12	15	0
Total (~74 cookies):	7667 kcal	138 %	18.5 g	48.5 g	2 %
1 cookie	104 kcal	2 %	0.25 g	0.5 g	0 %

*Calculated from food packaging:

 I used “Great Value” (Walmart) brand butter, dried cherries, and old-fashioned oats, “Domino” brand sugar and brown sugar, “ACME” brand large eggs, “Arm & Hammer” brand baking soda, “Bakers and Chefs” (Sams Club) brand flour, “Nestle” brand semi-sweet chocolate chips, and “Heath” milk chocolate toffee bits.

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