Awesome cookies!

[hippywife]

I started with this recipe and changed it to 36 servings:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Oatmeal-Raisin-Cookies-VII/Detail.aspx

I swapped the brown and white sugar amounts, used half whole wheat pastry flour and half unbleached flour. I added 3/4 tsp. baking powder, 3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg, about 1 1/4 c. chopped dried apricots instead of raisins, and about a cup of almond slices.

Instead of baking in a cake pan to make bars, I rolled them a little bigger than a walnut and make cookies. They do spread a little so a little over an inch between cookies on the cookie sheet is a good idea. Baked for 10 mins. and let sit 2-3 mins. on the cookie sheet when I took them out.

They are delicious! I like the combo of the apricots and the nutmeg a lot.

[housewolf]

1. YUM! Those sound terrific!

Ummmm! Apriots, nutmeg & almonds! Sounds fabulous!

[hippywife]

5. Really good combo!

Wish I could share the actual cookies with you! :hi:

[NMDemDist2]

2. another winner! and I just happen to have some almond slivers around that

need to get used up and bought raisins today at the store hehehehee


and... since we're almost out of the 2nd batch of PNB cookies you suggested earlier I guess I'll just have to try these next :evilgrin:

I think the oats I have are regular though, not quick cook, will that matter?

[hippywife]

4. Glad you're liking

those PNB cookies. It's nice to share recipes that others also have success with.

Maybe someone else can answer your oatmeal question because I'm not very sure. I imagine you could. I've subbed quick oats in recipes that call for rolled oats.

[housewolf]

7. The only difference between regular oats & quick-cooking

is the size of the flakes. If you like big oat flakes in your cookies, the regular ones will be fine. Otherwise you could chop them up a little.

Hope they turn out great, they sure sound good!

[hippywife]

8. Thanx for the answer, housewolf.

I really wasn't sure. We buy steel cut for breakfasts and quick oats for the baking. Really haven't felt the need to have three kinds in the house! LOL

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

10. thanks! hey did you make it to the King Arthur baking thingie??

we need a report if you did :hi:

[housewolf]

12. You're welcome!

Re: the King Arthur classes... silly me! They are NEXT weekend, not this weekend! So I drove all the way up to the hotel and walked all around the whole place, finally found the ballrooms and a list of events scheduled only to find that KA wasn't on the list. Boy was my face red! At least I know how to get there next weekend!@@ :rofl: :rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

13. OK, you get a week long reprieve on your report then

:rofl:

[Kali]

9. regular oats give much better texture, in my opinion

I never use the pre-cooked ones for anything.

[housewolf]

11. Instant oatmeal is pre-cooked

but quick-cooking oats are not. They're regular oats that are cut smaller and thinner so that they cook faster. I wouldn't use instant oatmeal in baked goods, either, the they wouldn't hold up.

[Kali]

14. don't care for those either, heck I can eat the rolled oats you buy for horses

I like to FEEL my oats :rofl:

[likesmountains 52]

3. Those sound really good..I'm thinking craisens might be good too...

[hippywife]

6. I'm sure they would be.

If I use dried cranberries or raisins, I soak them in some hot tap water while I'm getting the batter ready. These apricots, which I buy at Aldi's, were nice and plump and soft already.

Go for it and enjoy! :hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

15. I make a cookie very similar to this and substitute dried cranberries

for the raisins and add white chocolate chips (just a handful or so). Absolutely wonderful taste combination.

[hippywife]

16. You mean these?

http://www.oceanspray.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?id=1143&nid=9

I saw them in a magazine before xmas and thought they looked incredible. I think my expectations were too high because I thought they were just okay. One drawback to pictures, I guess! LOL Everyone else ate and liked them, tho.

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

17. They were very similar to that. I know what you mean about the

pictures, though. I sometimes forget that they use professionals to take those shots and who knows how many cookies they go through before they find that perfect 10.

[hippywife]

18. It might have been me.

I wanted them to be soft and creamy. They weren't. I think I over baked them by about a minute or two maybe. My oven tends to have hot spots. Not that they weren't good...it really was a texture thing. I may try them again and underbake them just slightly.