Orange Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup triple sec
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons orange zest, freshly grated
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup almond meal (almond flour)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup chocolate chips (make sure they are real ones, made from cocoa butter)

Recipe

• 1 combine cranberries and liqueur and soak for several hours or overnight.
• 2 beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• 3 beat in egg and orange peel.
• 4 mix flour, almond meal, and baking soda separately, and then beat into main mixture.
• 5 stir oats, choc. chips, and cranberries with soaking liquid into mixture.
• 6 drop approximately a tablespoon of dough per cookie onto lightly greased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
• 7 bake at 350 for 8 - 9 minutes. be careful not to overbake!
• 8 let cool for a minute on cookie sheet before carefully removing to paper towels to finish cooling.