A chewy Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookie loaded with oatmeal, dried cherries and toffee. The toffee adds crunch and a delicious caramel flavor, which blends perfectly with the rich chocolate chips. For me though, it’s the dried cherries that make this an unforgettable cookie.
This cookie is the one of the reasons I started Barbara Bakes. My daughter called me late at night and asked me for this cookie recipe – again. I got out of bed and gave her the recipe, but I decided I should put my recipes online so they’d be easy to share.
It was one of the first recipes I shared on Barbara Bakes. Over the years I’ve adapted it for my altitude, and switched it from a slice and bake cookie to a drop cookie. It was Martha Stewart’s “Cookie of the Year,” on her TV show in 1998. Martha called it an Oatmeal Toffee Cookie, but I call it a Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookie because cherries are the star of the show.
I recently made them again for our family Super Bowl party. They’re just so good I decided to update the post with new pictures and share it with my readers again. This is a must try recipe if you love dried cherries as much as my crowd does.
Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup light-brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup dried cherries coarsely chopped
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup HEATH English Toffee Bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl whisk together flour and baking soda, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and mix on high speed to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add vanilla extract; mix to combine.
- On low speed add the flour and mix just until combined. Add oatmeal, cherries, chocolate, and toffee pieces; mix to combine. Optional - chill 30 minutes. Your cookies will be just a little bit thicker.
- Using a small cookie scoop, drop by rounded spoonfuls onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned on the edges and still be soft in center. (About 12 minutes if you've chilled your cookie dough.)
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
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Jane Berry
Looking at the Neiman Marcus and the cherry toffee cookie recipes and how many cookies do they yield? Making for 140 ppl so is it okay to double or triple the recipe to shortcut batches?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Jane – the Neiman Marcus cookies makes about 3 dozen and the Cherry Toffee Cookie makes about 2 dozen. You can make a double batch if you have a large 6 quart mixing bowl, but I wouldn’t recommend triple batches because it’s hard to incorporate all the ingredients evenly in huge batches. I’m sure your guests will love the homemade cookies!
Sandramelendez
Norman Marcus recipe please
Barbara Schieving
Here’s a link to the Nieman Marcus cookie recipe https://www.barbarabakes.com/neiman-marcus-250-cookie-recipe/
Bunny
Good Morning Barbara,
So many awesome recipes. Can tell you put much love into your cooking and baking. Thank you for sharing the wonderful tips, recipes. Blessings
Barbara Schieving
That’s so sweet – thanks Bunny!
Debbie
These cookies are amazing and the ONLY cookies I bake. I’ve been baking them for years! Everyone loves them! I give them to friends during the holidays wrapped in a decorative cellophane bag and christmas ribbon. One year my neighbor did some work for me and all he wanted in return was cookies. 🙂
Enjoy!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Debbie! Sounds like a perfect trade to me.
Amira
Hi, we are currently under quarantine and craving cookies. These look amazing. My question is, I have all the ingredients other than the cherries. Do you think I could use cranberries instead? Thank you…
Barbara Schieving
Hi Amira – you can substitute dried cranberries. I made them just the other day with cranberries because I was out of cherries. While I prefer it with cherries, the cookies were delicious with cranberries as well. Enjoy!
Coco in the Kitchen
Heavens! I need these cookies in my life!
Barbara Schieving
An absolute must try!
Kristie
How many cookies does this make?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Kristie – about 2 dozen.
2 Sisters Recipes
Barb, these cherries are definitely the star of the show in these cookies! Love all the ingredients in them too! thanks for sharing these again and your photos are fabulous!
2 Sisters Recipes
I bet the cherries are definitely the star of the show in these cookies! Love all the ingredients in them too! thanks for sharing these again and your photos are fabulous!
Carol
Boy, you sure can’t go wrong with that combo. Oatmeal Cookies are Bob’s hands down favorite cookie…when I ask him what I should make for cookies to take somewhere, they’re always his first suggestion. I bet he’d really enjoy these.
I’ll have to give them a try the next time I make oatmeal cookies. These would be great for a Super Bowl party.
We were SO on the edge of our seats with the Super Bowl game last night none of us could eat any dessert until it was over…what a game! 🙂
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Carol! Definitely give them a try. It was an exciting game. You couldn’t have written a better story. Congrats!
Janet
These look delicious! Just wanted to check this – you have oatmeal listed in the ingredients – do you mean quick cooking oats or old fashioned (rolled) oats? Thank you!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Janet! Old fashioned oats. I’ve updated the recipe.
Averie @ Averie Cooks
Okay I just asked readers about Xmas baking today in my post (being that I think 6+ weeks ahead of where ever we’re at on the calender so really, it’s Dec 1 and then some in my head!) and I am so glad you’re posting a holiday series right now. Makes me feel normal 🙂 And these cookies look to-die for! Chewy perfection!
Melissa @ Bless This Mess
Mmm. I’m going to try these for guest this coming weekend and I’m super excited. Pinning for later! AND I love your photo board! Where on earth did you get such a cool painted piece?! Is it something real of a prop?
Barbara
Thanks Melissa – It’s actually a placemat I bought at Pier 1.
Melissa @ Bless This Mess
PS Do you know if the dried cherries were sour cherries or sweet? I assume if they were sour they sweetened them anyhow like a craisen…
Barbara
I usually buy the Dried Tart Cherries at Costco. You can get a big bag for almost the same price as a little one at the grocery store.
Donna
So many yummy flavors and textures! A party in your mouth!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
I always think of you and delicious cookies mum! And dried cherries? I could eat them by the bag-they’re the best dried fruit imho 🙂 xxx
Kitchen Belleicious
cherry and chocolate in a cookie? It sound like a winner to me. What a great christmas gift these wouldbe
carrian
Ok, we really have to stop reading your site. Both of us are craving cookies.Oh, I kid you not, my tummy just growled. Mercy
Matt mmWine Horbund
What a great combination of flavors. I’ve done a white chocolate cherry cookie – but you definitely amped it up!
Annamaria @ Bakewell Junction
The cookies look delicious. I love cherries. The chewiness and crunchiness is a great combination.
Cooking on a Dime
These sound amazing! I need to go stock up on some cherries and toffee ASAP so I can make them.
Deb
You’ve got my cookie loving attention! A family favorite is always worthy of trying.
Can’t wait to hear the reviews of my cookie tasting panel!
Lisa
These are my kind of cookies..loaded! These are now sealed in my vault aka cookie pin board lol LOVE!!