Soft and Chewy Pistachio Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies with a hint of cinnamon. These delicious oatmeal cookies are packed with sweet & salty cranberries and pistachios. Guaranteed to be a holiday hit!
Do you have a go to list of cookies that you make for the holidays?
In the cookie realm … I don’t really branch out too much, at least not the way I do when I’m cooking dinners.
Most of my cookie recipes involve chocolate of some sort because well.. Chocolate Chips and I … we are pretty close friends.
Usually my friends and I get together one day in December, each bring 1-2 cookie recipes, bake them all up, and then separate everything out into little goodie bags to give to our neighbors, friends, and family for the holidays.
As I was thinking about the cookies I wanted include in my “goodie box” this year I thought about including an oatmeal cookie of sorts.
Recently I made these delicious Pistachio Cranberry Biscotti, the combination of the salty from the pistachios and the sweet from the dried cranberries seriously went so perfectly together. So I thought why not just make an oatmeal cookie with that combination. After all Oatmeal Raisin is a pretty popular cookie recipe, why not a Pistachio Cranberry Oatmeal Cookie Recipe. Plus the red and green colors from the Pistachio & Cranberry just makes this recipe perfect for the holidays, so festive!
The key here is to make not over bake them. I usually bake oatmeal cookies at 350 degrees F, for 8-10 minutes. When you take them out of the oven the center will look under cooked, that’s okay. The cookies will still “cook” a little while resting. This will result in a soft chewy oatmeal cookie!
If your oatmeal cookies come out too flat, one of four things happened.
- The butter was NOT soft when you started. (meaning it was melted, don’t put your butter in the microwave)
- The batter sat too long before being baked.
- Placing the raw dough balls on a hot pan will cause the butter to melt, therefore ending with a flat cookie
- Not enough baking soda. Baking soda causes the cookies to spread out and up, resulting in the perfect cookie.
To give you a little perspective on how good these cookies are. Lets start from the beginning.
Mike and I first started dating after he made me his mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe blindfolded! Yes, you read that right. BLINDFOLDED. I was so impressed that I just had to date him! hehe …. Actually he won me over with his mom’s chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Anything that is NOT chocolate chip will not do.
But … this Pistachio Cranberry Oatmeal Cookie recipe totally WOWed my husband. He even told me that he thinks its the best cookie I’ve ever made! What?!?!
So all in all… if you can convert a chocolate chip cookie lover to oatmeal cookies… I’d say its a good recipe.
Wouldn’t you?
Go make them and tell me what you think!
Bon Appetit!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 2 dozen cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Soft Pistachio Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies with a hint of cinnamon. These delicious oatmeal cookies are packed with sweet & salty cranberries and pistachios, guaranteed to be a favorite!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup of regular oats
- 3/4 cup of all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup of brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup of dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup of pistachios
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, mix oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a stand mixer, combine butter, vanilla, and brown sugar until creamy. Add in a egg. Mix until combined.
- Slowly add in the oat flour mixture, mix in stand mixer until just combined.
- Gently fold in the cranberries and pistachios.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of cookie batter on a baking sheet lined with silicone mat or parchment paper placing 2″ apart.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 115
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 36 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 18 mg
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36 comments on “Soft & Chewy Pistachio Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies”
These cookies are one of my favorites! I am able to make them gluten and dairy free by using gluten free oats and flour and I use a stick of plant butter that is made from avocado oil. Some recipes don’t turn out very well when I try to convert them to be gluten and dairy free but this one is great! Thanks for the recipe!
I am so happy this recipe has been one you could make work for you!
Question!! Are the pistachios supposed to be unsalted or salted?
Salted!
Outstanding results, fabulous cookie. I added 1/2 cup of white chocolate chunks to the final mix and the results were fantastic. With or without the added white chocolate, this recipe is a winner, made me look like I know what I’m doing. Thanks!
I am so glad you enjoyed these cookies!! Such a good combo!
Actually had all ingredients already on hand and I’m so glad because these are DELICIOUS!! Thank you for this easy and delicious recipe! I will be making these again for sure.
Isn’t it the best when you already have everything you need for a recipe! I am thrilled you loved them!
Great recipe! I just made them! Yummy!!! Although, I didn’t have pistachio or cranberries – yes, unacceptable! I know, I know! Guilty! 🙂 So, I used raisins and walnuts instead. They still came out great! This recipe is the keeper for sure! Thank you!
Sometimes you just have to use what you have! I am glad you enjoyed the recipe!!
What a great flavor combo!
These look so good. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Do you need salted pistachios for this or will unsalted work?
unsalted will work fine
We love oatmeal cookies! I wish I had one of these right now!
All these flavors! A must try recipe for sure! I will try it!
Loving the flavors in these cookies! So delicious!
These cookies are calling my name! They look so tasty and will be a perfect addition to the holiday cookie platter!
So much yumminess in one cookie! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I love how festive these are with a bit of red and green peaking out! Such a delicious cookie!
Have you ever tried these with whole wheat flour?
yes! They come out the same 🙂
Would you mind adding the yield to the printable recipe? Thank you!
Sure will. Adding right now!
good looking and tasty cookies maam
thanks Zania!
Hi Krista. Do you have any cookies left for me please? or do I have to make some for me?
haha… if I had some left I would totally share! Looks like you’re just gonna have to make them yourself… plus this way you can eat the raw cookie dough. 🙂
This look perfectly soft and chewy! Yum!
Thanks Annie! 🙂
These look amazing!! I need to add them to my cookie list. I do the same too with my girlfriends in December 🙂
You so do!!
Love that you do the same cookie party with the girls.. its seriously so fun and your blessing someone else in the process. 🙂
These are totally calling my name!! I love cranberries + pistachios so much.
haha… well if you lived close you would get a batch from me… neighbor! 😉
I would love these cookies in a swap!!
Right!? Happy dance! 🙂