Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookies

I was craving cookies with cranberries in them after I bought a big bag of Craisins from Costco the other day. So I took my favorite oatmeal raisin cookie recipe (from an old Encyclopedia Brown book I bought when I was a kid), made a couple of substitutions, and came up with these. We liked them so much I made them twice in a week.

1 c. butter or margarine, softened

1 c. brown sugar

1 c. granulated sugar

2 t. vanilla

2 eggs

grated peel of 1 orange

1 t. baking soda

1 t. salt

1 1/3 + 1/2 c. flour

3 c. uncooked oats

1 1/2 c. dried cranberries

Cream together butter and sugars. Stir in vanilla, eggs, orange peel, baking soda, and salt. Add flour and oats; stir in cranberries. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes, until slightly brown. Remove to cooling racks.