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Cherry: Dried Cherry Rounds

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Recipe Introduction

Charlotte Moret,St. Louis Countythese cookies were passed on from a friend in California to Charlotte...she substituted dried Monterey Cherries for the dried cranberries in the original recipe...they are delicate and should be baked one sheet at a time and removed carefully 1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar. Beat creamy..
add 1 egg

in a second bowl mix 1 1/2 cups flour and
2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
beat in creamy mixture until well blended..

stir in 1 1/2 cups uncooked quick oats
1 cup white baking chips
1 1/2 cups dried cherries..
drop by heaping Tablespoon 2" apart on greased baking sheet to allow for spreading...only work with one tray at a time..

bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown..
cool on sheets 1 or 2 minutes, then remove using a wide ,thin blade spatula, to cooling rack. Cookies are fragile at this point...
cool completely...store with waxed paper between layers in an airtight cookie tin..