Oatmeal cookies

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Since it's snowing here today, which fills me with utter glee, I made these cookies. I got them from Eat, Live, Run, which is a really great blog. She's way more about eating and living than running these days, which works for me.

Loaded Oatmeal Cookies

1 3/4 c. old fashioned oats
3/4 c. all purpose flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt
1 egg
1 stick of butter, softened
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
2 t. vanilla
1/3 c. toasted, chopped walnuts
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1/3 c. dried cranberries

1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Stir together oats, dry ingredients, nuts, fruit, and chocolate chips

3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.

4. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

5. Drop onto lined cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes/until golden brown.

Additional notes: To make this healthier, I often substitute 1/4 c. whole wheat flour for 1/4 c. AP flour. I use whatever nuts and dried fruit are on hand, so I've used toasted pecans with good effect. Today I used chopped dates and dried apricots, which is also pretty tasty.

Enjoy!