I'm not a cookie fan. Oh, I love to eat them, I just don't like to make them. Only for one reason. I can't stand to put several batches into the oven over and over again. I want to put them all in at once and have everything done in one batch. Gee, someone tell what that means?
Anyway, I have been experimenting with taking cookie recipes and just spreading them out on a jelly roll pan to about 1/4 inch thickness. I finally found a good consistency where this works well.
My Official Second Recipe!
Oatmeal Chocolate Fruit Cookies
3/4 C flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/2 C butter
1/4 C brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1 1/4 C oats, not instant
3/4 C dried fruit (raisin, cranberries, apricots)
3/4 C choc chips
1. Mix flour, soda, and salt and put aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Add egg and vanilla.
4. Slowly add flour mixture until stiff.
5. Hand mix in fruit, oats, and chocolate.
6. Spray a jelly roll pan (one with a lip).
7. Pour mixture onto pan and use hands (little ones work well too!) to press into 1/4 inch thickness.
8. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until turns brown around the edges.
If you want some fun for the kids, let them put cookie cutters into the cookies after they cool about 5-10 minutes out of the oven! Or you can just use your pizza cutter and cut them into squares.
Family Factor: dad wasn't too happy; not sweet enough, but kids liked them
Stomach Factor: mild
Time Factor: very quick, less than 1 hour end to end including clean up
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