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Cinnamon Whiskey Oatmeal Cherry Cookies

Prep Time1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Chill30 minutes
Total Time2 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 42 - 48

Ingredients

  • 1 c Dried Cherries
  • ½ c Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire Whiskey
  • 2 c Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • ½ tsp Nutmeg
  • ½ tsp All Spice
  • ½ tsp Ground Cloves
  • 1 c Unsalted Butter softened
  • 1 c Brown Sugar
  • 1 c Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 c Old Fashioned Oats

Instructions

  • Add the cherries and whiskey to a bowl and let sit for at least 1 hour.
  • Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves in a bowl. Set aside.
  • In a mixer cream the butter and sugars. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing until combined.
  • Slowly add the flour to the mixer about a ¼ at a time until incorporated.
  • Add oats 1 cup at a time until mixed.
  • Add the cherries and whiskey and continue mixing until combined.
  • Cover the dough and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Add a ½ cup of sugar and 2 tsp of cinnamon to a small plate or bowl and stir.
  • Take about 1-2 tablespoons of the dough, roll into a ball, then roll in the cinnamon sugar to coat. Continue to create the sugar coated dough balls and place on a cookie sheet about 2 in apart.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes.
  • Let cookies cool for a few minutes before moving to a cooling rack.

Notes

  • You can use your favorite cinnamon flavored whisky, we find the Tennessee Fire works best
  • The longer your soak the cherries the better, however, they will not soak up all of the whiskey
  • The dough will be dense until you add the cherries and whiskey, it will then look very wet until mixed completely
  • The formed sugar-coated balls can be frozen, when ready to eat they can be baked from frozen, just increase the cooking time to 13-15 minutes.