Name: Oat Cookies with Cranberries and Almonds
Yield: Makes about 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp honey; 100 g (3½ oz) butter, softened; 1-2 tsp vanilla sugar; 90 g (3¼ oz) quick-cooking oats; 1 tsp cream of tartar powder; 100 g (3½ oz) spelt flour; 1 pinch salt; 90 g (3¼ oz) brown sugar; 1 egg; 50 g (1¾ oz) chopped almonds; 75 g (2½ oz) dried cranberries

Preparation info

Makes about
24

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

New York Christmas

By Lisa Nieschlag and Lars Wentrup

Published 2017

About

These traditional cookies are delicious at any time of the year, not just around Christmas. Oats give the cookies just the perfect amount of crunch and bite. If you cannot get enough of these cookies, but would like a little variety, add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder to the basic recipe or substitute other dried fruit for the cranberries.

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) butter, softened
90 g (3¼

Method

Combine butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk until creamy. Combine the flour, cream of tartar powder and salt in another bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mass together with the egg and honey, then stir in the oats, almonds and cranberries. Chill the dough for about 45 minutes.

Preheat the oven to