Happy Tuesday Sweet Shoppers! Erin here today to blab a little bit in your ear \ud83d\ude42 I am currently visiting my family up in central Wisconsin. We have had a blast doing all sorts of activities that I love to do while we are\u00a0up in\u00a0the Northwoods.\u00a0We have made s’mores,\u00a0visited a cheese factory, toured an amazing man made grotto,\u00a0\u00a0enjoyed a pancake breakfast at a dairy farm, visited a fish hatchery, and gone swimming. So yeah – definitely a busy few days!<\/p>\n
While I could show you a bunch of pictures from this trip – I thought I would share a recipe. Wisconsin is definitely known for being a dairy state – but did you know that\u00a0it’s largest fruit crop is cranberries? I grew up making many trips out to the marsh\/cranberry bogs because my Dad’s side of the family owned their own marshes. Having fresh cranberries at Thanksgiving was something I thought everyone experienced. (I figured out that wasn’t true once I married my DH and discovered that he enjoyed canned cranberries…!) And I love craisins (dried cranberries – super yummy – I like them better then grapes). So I thought it would be fun to share a yummy cranberry recipe \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I haven’t actually tried it myself – but it’s on my to-do list! Here it is:<\/p>\n
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Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies<\/p>\n
2\/3 cup butter or margarine, softened<\/p>\n
2\/3 cup brown sugar<\/p>\n
2 large eggs<\/p>\n
1-1\/2 cups old-fashioned oats<\/p>\n
1-1\/2 cups flour<\/p>\n
1 teaspoon baking soda<\/p>\n
1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n
1 6-ounce package sweetened, dried cranberries<\/p>\n
2\/3 cup white chocolate chunks or chips<\/p>\n
Preheat oven to 375*F. Using an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine and sugar together in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, mixing well. Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition. Stir in sweetened, dried cranberries and white chocolate chunks.<\/p>\n
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Makes approximately 2 1\/2 dozen cookies.<\/p>\n
(recipe courtesy of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.)<\/p>\n
So that’s all I have today. As I mentioned, I plan on making these cookies once we get back home. I read some reviews that said these cookies are very festive looking with the red cranberries and white chocolate chunks…maybe serve them on a blue napkin and you have a great 4th of July treat! \ud83d\ude42 Let me know if you decide to make them and what you think! Have a fantastic day everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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