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    • Chewy Cranberry Chipsters

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    Vegetables, Eggs St. Louis St. louis p, Post1 84 servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1/2 c Granulated sugar; plus more
    To use when flattening cookies
    1 c Brown sugar -; (packed)
    1 c Butter – (2 sticks); softened
    1/2 c Margarine – (1 stick); softened
    (or 1/2 cup vegetable shortening)
    2 lg Eggs
    2 tb Honey
    1 ts Vanilla
    3 c All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    3 c Rolled oats
    1 Bag Fresh cranberries – (12 oz); rinsed, well drained
    1 c Chocolate mini chips

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together 1/2 cup granulated sugar,
brown sugar, butter and margarine until light and creamy. Add eggs,
honey and vanilla; beat until very light. In a separate bowl, stir
together flour, salt and baking powder; gradually beat flour mixture
into butter mixture. Stir in oats, cranberries, and chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment-lined baking sheets;
grease the bottom of a glass and dip in sugar. Flatten each cookie
slightly with bottom of glass. Bake just until bottoms of cookies
brown lightly and tops are dry, 15 to 18 minutes. Yields 7 to 8
dozen. (Careful; these can be habit-forming.)
Recipe Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 12-07-1998
Formatted for MasterCook by Susan Wolfe - vwmv81a@prodigy.com
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