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Date cookies with cranberries and chocolate chunks

Delightful Date Cookies

Course Dessert, Snack
Keyword Chocolate, Coffee, Cookies
Servings 36 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter one stick, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon Equal Exchange Coffee any variety, brewed
  • 1/2 teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla extract or vanilla flavor optional
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 bar Equal Exchange Organic Very Dark Chocolate chopped into chunks
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup dried dates chopped
  • 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter two baking sheets.
  2. Cream together the butter and both sugars in a large bowl until smooth and light. Add the eggs, coffee, and vanilla, if using.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Then, stir in oats, chocolate chunks, pecans, dates, and cranberries.
  5. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheets. Flatten each one slightly with the back of a spoon. 6. Bake the cookies until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes.

Recipe Notes

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.