Grandpa's Gumdrop Cookies
Chewy oatmeal gumdrop cookies that have become a Christmas cookie tradition.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour Gluten-Free Flour Swap
- 3 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
- 1 1/2 Tsps Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt
- 1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Cup Unsalted Butter softened
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar packed
- 3/4 Cup Sugar
- 2 Tsps Vanilla
- 2 Large Eggs
- 3 Cups Gumdrops Sliced in half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees
- In a large bowl, sift together: flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- In an electric mixer, combine the butter, sugar, and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Slowly mix in the vanilla and egg.
- Keep the mixer on low speed and slowly add in the dry ingredients. Increase the speed gradually until combined.
- Fold in the halved gumdrops. I always keep the purple gumdrops out because not everyone likes the taste of black licorice.
- Add heaping tablespoon-sized drops of dough onto a baking sheet. Keep the cookies about one and a half inches apart.
- Bake 10-12 minutes. They'll be lightly brown around the edges and soft in the center. They'll continue to cook once you take them out of the oven.