Oatmeal is a pantry essential in our house. Whole grain oats contain seven B vitamins, vitamin E, and nine minerals, including iron and calcium. The protein in oats is superior to that of wheat and most other grains. The soluble fiber in oatmeal helps lower cholesterol levels in the blood.
If you like oatmeal cookies you’ll love the following recipes. Sneak a couple of these yummy cookies into your kids lunchboxes or serve them as an after school snack.
Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups regular or quick-cooking rolled oats
1 cup raisins, optional
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, optional
In a larger bowl beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs until well blended; then mix in vanilla. Stir together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add to butter mixture; stir well. Stir in oats, raisins, and walnuts.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto greased baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake in a 375 degree F oven until cookies are golden but centers are still soft, about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks to cool. Makes about 4 dozen.
Apple-Oatmeal Cookies (a soft chewy cookie)
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon Watkins Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Watkins Cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup finely chopped, peeled apple (such as Granny Smith)
1 egg slightly beaten
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup oil
1/3 cup milk
1. Preheat oven to 375 degree F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine oats, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir to combine. Stir in raisins and apples.
3. In a large bowl, combine egg, honey, oil and milk. Stir in dry ingredients. Mix to form a smooth batter.
4. Drop batter onto ungreased baking sheets, using a rounded teaspoon of dough for each cookie, leaving 2 inches between. Dip fingers into water. Press dough down to about 1 1/2 inch diameter.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly golden. Remove sheet from oven. Transfer cookies to cooling rack. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
Chewy Oatmeal Squares (a chewy cookie)
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Watkins Ground Cinnamon
6 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla Extract
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray. In a small bowl, mix flour, baking soda and cinnamon.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually beat in the flour mixture just until blended. Stir in the oats.
3. Turn the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the back of a spoon. Bake until golden, about 20 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack until completely cool. Cut into 3-inch squares.
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Eleisia Whitney has a Watkins Home Business. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins extracts, spices, herbs, and sauces for healthy meals. Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, Around the Kitchen Table, that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products.
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I am looking for an oatmeal cookie recipe that was printed on a C&H sugar package. My mom used to make them whwn we were kids and every recipe I try doesn’t even compare. We never put raisins, apples or nuts in there. I just remember oats, sugar, shortening, eggs, vanilla.