Crispy Nifty Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
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Oatmeal Cookie * Simple ~ Crispy ~ Soft ~ Delicious ~
I'm going to share two oatmeal cookie recipes on this lens. Whichever you choose to make first, enjoy the best oatmeal cookie if you like yours to be crispy.
Traditional oatmeal cookies are soft and chewy. I really love them. However, sometimes crispy is better. The second recipe does not have coconut, but oatmeal cookies are just as crispy.
When I was a child, Mother never made oatmeal cookies. Or, any other kind, for that matter. This was not deprivation! Daddy, who worked for a cookie bakery, brought cookies home all the time. And, often new kinds for us to "try out!"
So, I learned to bake cookies myself right along with my own kids.
Whether or not you learned early to use oatmeal cookie recipes, the ones on this lens will be a new experience if you haven't made crispy before. Have fun!
I Can Never Decide Which Oatmeal Cookie I Like Best
Soft and chewy or thin and crispy oatmeal cookies
One day I ran across these recipes for Oatmeal Crispies in an old batch of recipes belonging to my mother. Although she never baked cookies ~ that didn't keep her from saving a few recipes given to her by relatives and friends.
Gradually, after leaving home, I started to linger over cookie recipes. When I found these recipes among my mother's kitchen belongings, I couldn't resist.
Will you cast your vote?
Soft and chewy - definitely!
AKdude says:
Oatmeal cookies have to be soft and chewy! There is no other kind.
Baricus701 says:
I prefer the chewy version. There is something about the moist texture of the raisins and oatmeal that is just great!
TheWhistler says:
With out a doubt, soft and chewy.
hlkljgk says:
i like both, but prob prefer chewy :)
Maureen says:
I wasn't able to link to your recipes but would love to try them out as they sound really good could you send them to my email. I only know the soft and chewy kind. mau1_2005@yahoo.ca
baricus701 says:
I would have to go with the soft and chewy. I have never had a crispy oatmeal cookie, but I will have to give it a try.
Treasures-By-Brenda says:
Yes, I guess I would choose soft and chewy...but the outside could be crispy!
Thin and crispy because they have that potato chip texture - yum!
Inspiration Comes In Small Packages
Oatmeal Crispies
1/4 C shortening
1/4 C brown sugar
1/4 C white sugar
1 egg
1 Tblsp grated lemon rind
1 1/4 tsp molasses
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 C rolled oats and 1 C all-purpose flour--less 2 Tblsp
1/4 tsp soda
Mix all together. Shape into a roll. Wrap in wax paper. Chill. Slice thin and bake at 350-degrees about 10 minutes on greased cookie sheet.
Cookies will puff up, settle down and make a crisp cookie.
No one will be able to eat just one!
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Take A Little Time
No matter if I was a beginner, or after long experience, I've never liked a meal or snack-time failure. "Flops" can be avoided by taking a little time to follow a few simple rules.
1. Read the recipe. Make sure you understand every step. Look up any unfamiliar terms. Check before you start to see if you have all the necessary ingredients.
2. Gather ingredients.Save time and energy by assembling all of the ingredients you will need before you start.
3. Round up utensils. Have measuring spoons, cups, spatula, mixing bowls and baking dishes handy and within easy reach.
4. Measure meticulously. Measure all ingredients carefully and accurately. Only the more experienced cook who has tried a recipe many times is able to use the "pinch of this and aspeck of that" method successfully.
5. Follow directions. A recipe is your guide to a perfect finished product. Follow it step by step.
Oat Crispy Cookies With Coconut ~ Makes 5 dozen
1 C shortening or margarine
1 C brown sugar ~ 1 C white sugar
2 eggs ~ 1 Tbsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt (leave this out if you use margarine.) ~ 1 1/2-C all purpose flour
1 tsp soda ~ 3 C oats
1/2-C pecans chopped
1/2-C coconut
Cream shortening w/ sugars. Add eggs, vanilla. Beat with spatula or mixer. Sift flour, soda, salt. Add flour mixture to the creamed mix. Add coconut & nuts. Drop spoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake 350-degree f/10 or 15 minutes. Cool
Household Measures ~ from a cookbook printed in 1879
Wheat flour. 1 pound = 1 quart
Indian meal. 1 pound, 2 oz. = 1 quart
Butter, when soft. 1 pound = 1 quart
Loaf sugar, broken. 1 pound = 1 quart
White sugar, packed. 1 pound, 1 oz = 1 quart
Best brown sugar. 1 pound, 2 oz = 1 quart
10 eggs. = 1 pound
Flour. 8 quarts = 1 peck
Flour. 4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 rounded Tblsp = 1/2-pint
8 rounded Tblsp = 1 gill
2 gills = 1/2-ping
60 drops = 1 tsp
4 tsp = 1 Tblsp.
It was sort of a running joke, but when I was small I was about as sweet on cookies as, well, the daughter of an executive at Kimberly-Clark would be of tissues.
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Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe Is What I'm Looking For
Do You Take Notice Of What Kind of Oatmeal You Buy For Oatmeal Cookies ?
Always use old fashioned oatmeal, or whole grain oats, when baking oatmeal cookies.
If you use the Quick Cook, or One-Minute Oatmeal, these oats have been chopped up so that breakfast cereal can be prepared instantly. Smaller cooks quicker. Not an advantage for making cookies.
That's the only difference but, Oh, goodness! what a difference when it comes to baking oatmeal cookies. If you use instant oatmeal when making your cookies, they will lack the unique oatmeal texture. They will have the solid mass of flour or cornmeal.
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wyrm11268
Dec 29, 2010 @ 5:33 am | delete
- Perfect I was just looking for an oatmeal cookie recipe and followed your link from one of my lenses and there it is. Thank you and a big thank you for taking to time to visit me.
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kt_glasses Dec 24, 2010 @ 12:06 am | delete
- Another oatmeal cookie recipe for me, wow, so cool.
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Dec 13, 2010 @ 7:52 pm | delete
- Good lens dont' forget to visit me oatmeal cookies
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Petstrel
Sep 22, 2010 @ 5:36 pm | delete
- Sounds great!
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TheWhistler
Sep 16, 2010 @ 10:37 am | delete
- I just like plain Oatmeal Cookies, with milk of course.
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hlkljgk Sep 9, 2010 @ 1:25 pm | delete
- i like chocolate chip oatmeal cookies :)
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Cool_Kids
Sep 1, 2010 @ 7:13 am | delete
- Man I love cokies oatmeal and raisin are my faves, but there are some nice ideas on this page I just may try out
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OhMe Jun 23, 2010 @ 12:04 pm | delete
- I need to try these recipes because I love Oatmeal cookies either crispy or soft.
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JoanneOtt
May 25, 2010 @ 6:38 pm | delete
- I love oatmeal cookies. I remember as a child coming home from school many days, to the smell of homemade oatmeal cookies just out of the oven.
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Rewards4life May 18, 2010 @ 6:46 am | delete
- Your recipe sounds really yummy. I'm a big fan of any oatmeal treats. Lensrolling to my "flapjack" lens. Hope you will enjoy your day! =)
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gluten-free-nomad
Apr 19, 2010 @ 2:36 am | delete
- These look wonderful. I was hoping they didn't have flour so they would be gluten free. But they sound so good I'm going to try combining the recipes with a traditional "flapjack" cookie recipe from Britain, which doesn't use flour, just oats, but is crispy like yours. Wish me luck! Thanks for the lens, and the idea! 5*
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Mar 5, 2010 @ 2:03 pm | delete
- Yummy lens, I'm going to have to go get an oatmeal cookie now.
Lois, you could submit this lens to three of my groups. Culinary Favorites From A to Z, Comfort Food Headquarters and the Best Cookies Bake Off Ever.
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