Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Found this recipe in my Taste of Home magazine, on an ad for Craisins and since I had everything other than the white chocolate chips (which the hubby went and got for me) I made them to take to our Thanksgiving meal tomorrow at the in-laws.

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

2/3 cup butter/margarine, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 6-oz pkg dried cranberries
2/3 cup white chocolate chunks or chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Using an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine and sugar together in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, mixing well.

Combine oats, flour, baking soda, and salt in seperate mixing bowl.  Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition.  Stir in dried cranberries and white chips.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfls onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake fr 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool on wire rack.

Makes around 2 1/2 dozen.