Black Forest Oatmeal Drops

Ingredients

• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter
• softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 Land O Lakes Eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups uncooked old-fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup (5 ounces) dried tart cherries
• coarsely chopped
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 to 2 teaspoons Kirsch or apple juice
• 2 to 3 tablespoons water

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in bowl.
3. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
4. Add eggs and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed.
5. Add flour, baking soda and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
6. Stir in oats, chocolate chips and cherries.
7. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Cool completely.
10. Stir together powdered sugar and Kirsch in bowl.
11. Gradually stir in enough water for desired drizzling consistency.
12. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
13. Variation: Black Forest Oatmeal Bars: Spread dough evenly into ungreased 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan.
14. Bake at 350F 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
15. Cool completely.
16. Prepare drizzle as directed above; drizzle over bars.
17. Cut into bars.
18. 48 bars.