Oatmeal-Date Cookies

mmmm.... fresh baked, warm from the oven cookies. yuuummmmm  What more can ya ask for. ahhh... a cup of tea or coffee or hot chocolate... yeah!  Ok... I have a glass of iced-tea. LOL It's HOT outside!  : )

Oatmeal-Date Cookies Favorite All Time Recipes: Diabetic Desserts, pg.18

• 1/2 C packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 C margarine, softened
• 1 egg plus 1 egg white, lightly beaten
• 1 TBS thawed frozen apple juice concentrate
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 C flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 C uncooked quick oats
• 1/2 C chopped dates or raisins

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. 
2. Beat sugar and margarine in large bowl. Add egg, egg white, apple juice concentrate and vanilla; mix well.
3. Add flour, baking soda, and salt; mix well. Stir in oats and dates. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
4. Bake  8 to 10 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. 

I used a bigger than a teaspoon to put the dough onto the cookie pans so it made 2 doz cookies, and some dough left over that I ate. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm   mmmmmmmmm good. I couldn't see breaking up a good egg and used two whole eggs. I also used real butter and I didn't have frozen apple juice concentrate so I used 2 TBS regular apple juice. I did use raisins and dried cranberries instead of the dates. Who has dates!?  

I think next time I make these cookies I will add a little more apple juice to make the dough a little moister, the cookies turned out pretty dry. Unless I should add more butter, I never know! LOL Maybe some apple sauce would work! I will not add 2 tsp baking soda next time I make these. 

Hubby's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hubby has his favorite chocolate chip cookies. He even asks me to make them for him at times! The last time I made them, I forgot one ingredient and he noticed it and said there was something different and he didn't particularly care for them without it.

I told him next time I made them I wouldn't forget to put it in. I later told him something about oatmeal and cookies and he said he didn't like oatmeal cookies, hates them, as a matter of fact. I then explained to him that the ingredient missing in my last batch of chocolate chip cookies that he likes so well and has eaten for years is oatmeal. He informed me he wouldn't be eating them any more. ::: huh? ::: ROFLOL Some people... LOL He'll eat them, he'll forget the missing ingredient was oatmeal and be happy about getting chocolate chip cookies, again. LOL Gotta love hubbies.

Oatmeal Cookies pg. 215 in The Spice Cookbook

1 C (2 sticks) soft butter 2/3 C shortening

2 tsp soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla extract

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2/3 C sugar 2 1/3 C light-brown sugar

4 large eggs

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2 C quick-cooking oatmeal 1 C chopped nuts

1 1/2 C seedless raisins (this is where I put the chocolate chips in instead of raisins)

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4 C sifted all-purpose flour

Blend together the first 8 ingredients. Gradually mix in white and brown sugars. Beat in eggs, one at a time. (it does make a difference, I don't know why). Stir in next 3 ingredients. Gradually stir in flour. Drop tablespoon portions of dough, 2 inches apart, onto lightly greased cookie sheets.

Bake in a preheated moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 10 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets, then place on wire racks to finish cooling. Store airtight.

Since this cookie dough keeps well in the refrigerator in a covered bowl, bake off as many cookies as desired at a time. Return remaining dough to the refrigerator and bake fresh batches as needed.

Yield: 8 dozen 3-inch cookies

In the book they are Oatmeal Cookies with raisins in them. I just substitute the chocolate chips for the raisins and omit the nuts. Hubby doesn't like nuts in cookies, or anything else.

What I have been doing lately is, bake half the dough with just the chocolate chips and then add raisins, nuts, dried cranberries, or what-have-you in the other half and back them. I keep them in separate cookie jars and everyone is happy. :)

Hope you like this recipe!!