Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Fancies

Name: Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Fancies
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: almonds; vegetable shortening; brown sugar; eggs; milk; vanilla extract; almond extract; oats, quick cooking; flour; baking soda; salt; white chocolate; chocolate, semi-sweet; candied cherries; almonds

Submitted by marmaduke

YIELD

4 dozen

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

CUP ALMONDS
sliced

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

1 ¼

CUPS BROWN SUGAR
firmly packed *

EACH EGGS

⅓

CUP MILK

1 ½

TEASPOONS VANILLA EXTRACT

TEASPOON ALMOND EXTRACT *

CUPS OATS, QUICK COOKING *

CUP ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON SALT

OUNCES WHITE CHOCOLATE
coarsely chopped

OUNCES SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE
semi-sweet, coarsely chopped, null, null

CUP CANDIED CHERRIES
red *

CUP ALMONDS
sliced

Directions

Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃) (190C). Spread almonds on baking sheet.

Bake 5 minutes or until almonds are golden brown.

Cool completely. Reserve.

Grease baking sheets with shortening. Place sheets foil on countertop for cooling cookies.
Combine shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk, vanilla and Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in white chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, cherries and reserved almonds.
Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls (15 mL) of dough 2 6. Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375℉ (190℃) (190C) for 10 to 12 DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely.