B-I-G Fruit & Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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Best with Sunkist® Oranges
 
Prep Time - 25 Minutes
Serves:
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These are sure to be popular in lunches, B-I-G Fruit & Oatmeal Cookies are also great as an after school snack!

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. nutmeg
  • ¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 ¼ cups sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Sunkist® orange, grated peel
  • 1 Sunkist® orange, peeled, diced and drained
  • 1 apple, unpeeled, cored and chopped
  • 2 cups quick oats, uncooked
  • ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Instructions: (Makes 5 servings)

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
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  • Lightly grease 17x14 inch baking sheet.
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  • Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg.
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  • In large bowl, combine butter and sugar, beating well with wooden spoon.
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  • Add egg and Sunkist orange peel, beat well.
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  • Gradually stir in dry ingedient mixture.
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  • Stir in Sunkist orange and apple pieces, oats and nuts.
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  • Scoop 1/4 cup of dough for each cookie onto prepared pan; 6 to 9 cookies will fit on the pan at a time.
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  • Pat scooped cookie dough to 3-inch rounds.
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  • Bake for 17 to 20 minutes, or until edges just start to brown.
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  • Cool on pan for a minute or two; gently lift onto wire racks to cool completely.
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  • For soft cookies, store in airtight container.
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  • Or, store loosely covered for crisp cookies.
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