Cranberry Orange Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
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These easy Cranberry Orange Pecan Oatmeal Cookies are a moist and chewy cookie I love to make in the fall and holiday season! Packed with flavor and texture, they’re the ultimate cranberry oatmeal cookie for the cookie jar. They’re super customizable, too!
For more cranberry orange recipes, try this reader-favorite cranberry orange bread or this stunning but simple Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake.
What I Love About These Cookies
This easy yet delicious oatmeal cookie recipe is simple to make and imbues the essence of the season and the coming holidays. They’re perfect for lunches, midnight snacks, or a treat by a roaring fire. It’s the flavors of fall and winter in cookie form!
One can never have too many oatmeal cookie recipes. Favorite reader oatmeal cookies include Maple Pecan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and our Breakfast Cookies.
These cookies, though, always deserve a spot at the top of my list!
If you love the cranberry orange flavor combination as much as I do, you’ll love our naturally sweetened Cranberry Orange Muffins too!
FEATURED COMMENT
“My husband said to never lose this recipe. These cookies taste like an orange cranberry cookie we used to buy from a coffee shop that closed. He absolutely loved them. I did add a 1/4 teaspoon of orange extract and used all white flour. I'll be making these again.”
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed to make Cranberry Orange Pecan Oatmeal Cookies. Specific measurements for the recipe are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- butter
- brown sugar and granulated sugar
- large eggs
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- whole wheat flour
- baking soda
- ground cinnamon
- ground ginger
- salt
- freshly grated orange zest (or 1/4 teaspoon orange extract in a pinch)
- rolled oats
- chopped pecans (or walnuts if preferred)
- dried cranberries
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — just make sure your butter is completely soft before proceeding with the recipe and using a wooden spoon to beat the mixture.
You can keep these oatmeal cookies for up to 3 days in an air tight tin or cookie jar.
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Cranberry Orange Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 packed teaspoons of freshly grated orange zest
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts if preferred
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350-degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
- Add flours, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and orange zest. Mix well.
- Stir in oats, nuts, and cranberries.
- Using a cookie scoop, drop rounded mounds onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
My husband said to never lose this recipe. Theses cookies taste like an orange cranberry cookie we used to buy from a coffee shop that closed. He absolutely loved them. I did add a 1/4 teaspoon of orange extract and used all white flour. I’ll be making these again.
Hi Patricia! I’m SO glad you both loved these cookies. We are especially fond of them and I absolutely love the idea of adding orange extract. The next time I make them — I’ll have coffee shops on my mind. Thank you so much for coming back to tell me how you liked them.