25 ways to trick out your oatmeal cookies
add extra cinnamon and chocolate chunks
add dried cherries, crystallized ginger and a dash of powdered ginger
add chopped dried pineapple and toasted coconut
add finely chopped granny smith apple
add dried currants plumped in orange juice, and the zest of one orange
add chopped toffee bits and toasted almond slices
add dried wild blueberries and nutmeg
add chocolate chips and pecan halves
add white chocolate chips and toasted walnuts
add a few handfuls of any Trader Joe’s trail mix
add a tablespoon of powdered espresso and cocoa nibs
add chopped dried pears and white chocolate chunks
add chopped candied orange peel
add dried cranberries and pumpkin pie spice
add chocolate chunks and salted peanuts
add grated raw carrot and toasted walnuts
add chopped dates and toasted coconut
add chocolate chips, chopped walnuts & mini-marshmallows
add about a cup of Rice Krispies cereal
Chocolate-Dipped:
Bake jumbo cookies and allow to cool. Cut cookies into quarters and dip
each pointed end in melted semi-sweet chocolate. Allow chocolate to
set, and serve.
Oatmeal Black and Whites: bake large oatmeal cookies
and cool. Make chocolate and white icings (try these icing recipes).
Frost one half of each cookie with dark icing, and the other half with
white.
Oatmeal Faux Macarons: make small, puffy oatmeal cookies and
sandwich two with chocolate ganache. Allow ganache to set, and serve.
Orange-Glazed
Oatmeal Cookies: make a light glaze by mixing 1 cup powdered sugar, 1
1/2 tablespoons orange juice, and pinch of grated orange zest. Drizzle
over cookies and allow to dry.
Oatmeal Cookie Dip: Bake mini oatmeal
cookies, and make chocolate yogurt dip: whisk one cup vanilla yogurt
with one tablespoon of cocoa powder and one tablespoon brown sugar.
Chill for an hour, then serve with cookies and fresh strawberries.
Brandied
Cherry Oatmeal Ice Cream Sandwiches: soak dried cherries in brandy and
drain. Add to oatmeal dough; bake jumbo cookies and cool. Sandwich with
good-quality cherry ice cream and freeze.
Yield
4 dozen
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 3 cups Quaker® Oats (quick or old-fashioned, uncooked)
- 1 cup raisins (optional)
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Add oats and raisins (if using raisins); mix well.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. (or cookie sheets lined with parchment paper) Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown – do not overbake. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
- makes about 4 dozen, depending on size of cookie