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What's your favorite wintery day cookie?

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lynn

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I am currently making Pioneer women's brown sugar oatmeal cookies.  I make half with chocolate chips for my daughter and two other half with walnuts and pecans for Dh and I.

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Spryte

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My kids would say snowball surprise cookies.  Powdered sugar on the outside, gooey chocolate center.  I don’t know if this a traditional cookie recipe, I think we must have found it in an Allergic Living magazine 15 years ago or so.

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Garga

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I like a lot of cookies that have cooled down, but for fresh from the oven it has to be either chocolate chip or oatmeal (without raisins.)

There’s a reason those are classic.

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PeterPan

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51 minutes ago, lynn said:

I am currently making Pioneer women's brown sugar oatmeal cookies.  I make half with chocolate chips for my daughter and two other half with walnuts and pecans for Dh and I.

Ok, this is kind of interesting. Picks up on the molasses vibe of all the other posts but without going to molasses/ginger. And I've been training my boys on the virtues of nuts in cookies. :biggrin:  The picture looks kinda thin. Do yours look like her or do the nuts and things firm them up a bit? Or maybe it's how you measure your flour? I think I might make them with whole white wheat, which would tighten them up. I already made blueberry bran muffins today and have pumpkin cookies going in the mixer. Oh, it only makes 24? That means 12 normal cookies, haha. 

4 minutes ago, Garga said:

I like a lot of cookies that have cooled down, but for fresh from the oven it has to be either chocolate chip or oatmeal (without raisins.)

There’s a reason those are classic.

Yeah you're probably onto something. The muffins were fine warm. The pumpkin cookies will be better cooled. So do you have a preferred recipe for warm oatmeal cookie consumption? I'm out of dark brown sugar (blushes), so I either have to use a substitute (adding molasses) or change recipes. I may just do the molasses substitution to make it work. Then we can eat cookies for dinner and feel very virtuous.

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wintermom

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I just made a Chocolate coconut oatmeal "slab" because I'm too lazy to drop them into the traditional coconut stacks. It's a no-bake recipe. I break off chunks of the slab as my 'power bars' after skiing, snowshoeing or hiking. 

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4atHome

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48 minutes ago, PeterPan said:

  The picture looks kinda thin.

I make these cookies without nuts. They are super thin and crispy, like a lace cookie.  Everyone likes them though. I used to make them for recitals, back when we had recitals, as they are less issue for allergy--no nuts,  peanut butter or chocolate.

My favorite is now this Maple cookie!  Except I do NOT add the white chocolate.  I can't imagine that addition as they are already a sweet cookie.

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PeterPan

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40 minutes ago, wintermom said:

I just made a Chocolate coconut oatmeal "slab" because I'm too lazy to drop them into the traditional coconut stacks. It's a no-bake recipe. I break off chunks of the slab as my 'power bars' after skiing, snowshoeing or hiking. 

Recipe? :wub:

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PeterPan

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36 minutes ago, Dreamergal said:

No cookies, pudding. 

Specifically this one

https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/sticky-toffee-pudding/

I never would have thought that would have dates and tea!! So that's the kind of thing they serve on cruises for desserts. The chefs are typically from India, trained in western cooking, so it's kind of familiar but different. I don't think I've ever made that kind of pudding myself (usually just thickened milk), but I'd eat it if you put it in front of me. I'm gonna think about it. I was in cookie mode, but I could probably get there. Maybe when the cookies are gone. :biggrin:

14 minutes ago, 4atHome said:

I make these cookies without nuts. They are super thin and crispy, like a lace cookie. 

Well we'll see how they bake up. Dough is chilling. I put in enough nuts and cranberries to soak up and thicken them up a bit. The dough tasted terrific with the mixture of the pecans and walnuts, so @lynn was really right on that.

wintermom

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3 minutes ago, PeterPan said:

Recipe? :wub:

In a saucepan on the stove (medium heat), mix:

1/2 lb butter

1/2 cup milk

1 - 2 cups white sugar (depending how sweet you like and if the coconut is sweetened)

1/2 cup cocoa 

Hear for 5 minutes (low bubble), then take off heat and add:

1 tsp vanilla flavouring

3 cups rolled oats

1 cup shredded coconut

Drop into individual 'stacks' or spread out on cookie sheet in a 'slab.' Cool in fridge.

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PeterPan

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Just now, wintermom said:

In a saucepan on the stove (medium heat), mix:

1/2 lb butter

1/2 cup milk

1 - 2 cups white sugar (depending how sweet you like and if the coconut is sweetened)

1/2 cup cocoa 

Hear for 5 minutes (low bubble), then take off heat and add:

1 tsp vanilla flavouring

3 cups rolled oats

1 cup shredded coconut

Drop into individual 'stacks' or spread out on cookie sheet in a 'slab.' Cool in fridge.

Ok, this is kind of brilliant! I grew up on regular nobakes with p-butter, but my boys don't dig the p-butter so much. They would probably like these. :biggrin:

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Alicia64

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2 hours ago, lynn said:

I am currently making Pioneer women's brown sugar oatmeal cookies.  I make half with chocolate chips for my daughter and two other half with walnuts and pecans for Dh and I.

I could never make these. Literally I could never make them. (I'd hide under the bed eating all the batter, sharing with no one.)

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Ali in OR

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Ok, this is the oatmeal cookie I've made twice since Christmas. It makes about 36 and I put the leftover baked cookies in the freezer in a ziploc bag and eat them as after school snacks. I have a different oatmeal cookie recipe that uses butter instead of shortening, but these have the perfect initial crunch plus chewiness, and I think it's the shortening (but the raw dough isn't as tasty):

Oatmeal Cookies (originally from the lid of some brand of oats)

3/4 cup shortening
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar (I use 3/4 cup just to reduce sugar)
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/4 c. water
1 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
1 c. flour (I've been using whole wheat pastry flour so that I think they're health food)
1/2 t. baking soda
3 c. oats (I've been using quick oats)

Beat shortening, sugars, egg, water, and vanilla together until creamy. Sift together flour, salt, and soda; add to creamed mixture; blend well. Stir in oats. Drop by teaspoonful onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in 350° oven for 10-15 minutes (about 12 min for my oven). Let cool on tray for 2 minutes before transferring to rack (or paper on the counter for me).

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PeterPan

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53 minutes ago, KungFuPanda said:

I like oatmeal butterscotch because you can have it with a cup of cocoa without ODing on chocolate.

Whoa, you're dropping this flavor bomb with no recipe? LOL Pretty please? 

Maybe something like this? https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/oatmeal-scotchies/

PS. I'm now out of brown sugar and need to go to the store. This is a serious problem. :biggrin:

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16 minutes ago, PeterPan said:

Whoa, you're dropping this flavor bomb with no recipe? LOL Pretty please? 

Maybe something like this? https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/oatmeal-scotchies/

PS. I'm now out of brown sugar and need to go to the store. This is a serious problem. :biggrin:

That recipe looks pretty much like it.  It's the recipe that's on the back of every bag of butterscotch chips I've ever purchased in my life.  I like that they stay chewy even after they're cooled . . . and they're oatmeal so I can eat them for breakfast.  Right?

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PeterPan

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18 minutes ago, KungFuPanda said:

It's the recipe that's on the back of every bag of butterscotch chips

That may be my problem, lol. I have to see if I have them. I found espresso chocolate chips once. You could put those with oatmeal and they'd be your breakfast and coffee. :biggrin:

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12 minutes ago, PeterPan said:

That may be my problem, lol. I have to see if I have them. I found espresso chocolate chips once. You could put those with oatmeal and they'd be your breakfast and coffee. :biggrin:

Oatmeal cookies are pretty versatile.  You could add any chips, dried fruit, or nuts you like to them and they'd probably be delicious..

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PeterPan

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11 hours ago, KungFuPanda said:

Oatmeal cookies are pretty versatile.  You could add any chips, dried fruit, or nuts you like to them and they'd probably be delicious..

So turns out I had a mostly used up bag of these butterscotch chips,and yu're right it DOES have a recipe for your oatmeal cookies! Apparently I didn't like whatever I did with them before, so I'll buy a new bag and try the oatmeal way. Sounds delish. 

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On 2/16/2021 at 2:39 PM, lynn said:

I am currently making Pioneer women's brown sugar oatmeal cookies.  I make half with chocolate chips for my daughter and two other half with walnuts and pecans for Dh and I.

I just made these. They are amazing!

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On 2/16/2021 at 3:36 PM, Thatboyofmine said:

I love oatmeal cookies!!!   Please share, Ali!

Oatmeal chocolate chips cookies are my all time favorite cookies. 

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Ausmumof3

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7 hours ago, Ditto said:

What is Anzac?  I have never heard of it.

Anzac cookies are based on what was sent to the Anzac soldiers during the war.

They are rolled oats, sugar, flour and coconut, mixed with a melted butter and golden syrup blend and bicarbonate sofa for raising or at least that’s my version.  They are deliciously buttery, sweet and chewy and very quick and easy to make.  They keep well.  If you forget the raising agent they spread all over the pan and that’s kind of fun.

 

This is fairly similar to my recipe

https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipes/best-anzac-biscuits-recipe-28575

 

A good cooking project if you need something for australia in history or geography.

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On 2/21/2021 at 2:03 AM, Ausmumof3 said:

Anzac cookies are based on what was sent to the Anzac soldiers during the war.

They are rolled oats, sugar, flour and coconut, mixed with a melted butter and golden syrup blend and bicarbonate sofa for raising or at least that’s my version.  They are deliciously buttery, sweet and chewy and very quick and easy to make.  They keep well.  If you forget the raising agent they spread all over the pan and that’s kind of fun.

 

This is fairly similar to my recipe

https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipes/best-anzac-biscuits-recipe-28575

 

A good cooking project if you need something for australia in history or geography.

These sound and look delicious!  We will definitely be making them.  Thank you for the recipe too.

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