Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Today was a rare quiet Sunday here in Bellingham. I decided it was a good time to make cookies for Mom's lunches. I picked one of her favourite recipes for our first batch.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cubes (1/2 cup each) softened butter or margarine
1/4 cup oil
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups dry quick cooking oatmeal
2 cups lightly crushed cornflakes
1/2 cup shredded coconut, packed
1 12 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Cream butter with oil and sugars. Beat in milk and eggs. Add flour, baking powder, salt, soda, and vanilla. Mix well. Add cereals, coconut, nuts and chocolate chips. Mix by hand until well blended. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on ungreased baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake at 375 degrees (my oven does better at 360) for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Don't over bake. Cool about 3 minutes and remove from the pan. Cool and store in a covered container. Enjoy.
I don't know where the recipe came from. It is typed and quite old. It may have been from a cookie exchange when Mom taught school, or one of her night school cooking classes. No matter the source, it has become a family favourite. Give it a try and it might become one of yours too. -- Margy
1/4 cup oil
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups dry quick cooking oatmeal
2 cups lightly crushed cornflakes
1/2 cup shredded coconut, packed
1 12 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Cream butter with oil and sugars. Beat in milk and eggs. Add flour, baking powder, salt, soda, and vanilla. Mix well. Add cereals, coconut, nuts and chocolate chips. Mix by hand until well blended. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on ungreased baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake at 375 degrees (my oven does better at 360) for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Don't over bake. Cool about 3 minutes and remove from the pan. Cool and store in a covered container. Enjoy.
I don't know where the recipe came from. It is typed and quite old. It may have been from a cookie exchange when Mom taught school, or one of her night school cooking classes. No matter the source, it has become a family favourite. Give it a try and it might become one of yours too. -- Margy
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Oh, entirely too yummy, Margy.
Just one question: what constitutes a cube of margarine? What would that be in cups? Or ounces? Or grams or whatever the metric equivalent is.
Okay, that was more than one question. Oops.
Sounds delicious. Oatmeal, cornflakes, coconut, chocolate chips, a choice of nuts, and two kinds of sugar. All the food groups present and accounted for.
Super!
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
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What a yummy recipe, Margy! I have one from a Canadian friend, that is almost similar to this: http://suziethefoodie.blogspot.com/2009/05/homemade-cookie-challenge-chocolate.html
I'll try yours, and if you ever try "mine', let me know, lol!
Kisses and <3 from us.
Kay - I modified the recipe to clarify. In the States a cube of margarine or butter is 1/2 cup. I'm still no good on metric, sorry.
Nydia - I'll take a look and give yours a try. This batch made about 8 dozen. I froze half of them so we'll be munching on these for a bit.
Thanks for stopping by. - Margy
This recipe sounds yummy! They remind me a bit of Hermit cookies, with the cereal and coconut. It's neat to make things with those old found recipes.
I hope your mother is doing well...the cookies will surely help!
These sound absolutely wonderful and, me being English, they would go perfectly with afternoon tea! x
Oh those cookies look yummy, a nice treat for both you and your mom.
This looks so yummy!
Yum. What could be better that that for a cold evening.
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