White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 16 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup chopped white chocolate or white chocolate chips, put in the freezer for 20 minutes

Directions

Stir the oats and water together in a small bowl, then set it aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt, and set that aside too. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once it has just melted, take the pan off the heat and mix in the sugar and brown sugar. Stir in the egg right away, working quickly until it is fully blended. Add the flour mixture to the saucepan and stir until combined. Fold in the oats, cranberries, and white chocolate. Press plastic wrap over the dough and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours and as long as overnight. Position the oven racks in the lower-middle and upper-middle spots and heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto prepared cookie sheets and bake until the tops are browned, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool the cookies completely before moving them.