apple-cran-cherry oatmeal cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups packed dark brown sugar
• 2 cups applesauce
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups dried cherries
• 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries

Recipe

• cream butter or margarine, cinnamon, cardamom, baking soda, and brown sugar. mix in applesauce. gradually blend in flour, and then oats. stir in dried. let dough sit for one hour.
• drop by teaspoonful ungreased baking sheet.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 10 to 12 minutes, or until edges are slightly browned. cool on wire rack.