Oatmeal Cookie Kings Recipes

OATMEAL COOKIE KINGS

Steps:

• Sift first 3 ingredients together.
• Cream butter and sugars;
• add eggs and vanilla.
• Add flour mixture, oatmeal and nuts; mix well.
• Drop from teaspoon 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, brown sugar, molasses, egg and vanilla. Beat until light-colored and smooth.
• In a food processor or blender, process the oats, flour, raisins, salt and baking powder for about 30 seconds, or until both the oats and raisins are chopped, yet still in recognizable pieces.
• Beat the oat mixture into the butter mixture until smooth.
• Using a 1/4 cup measure or large cookie scoop, drop the dough on the cookie sheets, leaving 3 inches between cookies.
• Moisten your fingers and gently flatten each cookie to a 2 1/2 inch round or 1/2 inch thick.
• Bake the cookies for 18 minutes or until they're a medium golden brown.
• Remove them from the oven and let rest on the cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• The cookies will be soft and delicate when they come out of the oven, but will get firmer as they cool.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, shortening, sugars, vanilla, salt and vinegar. Beat in the egg, then the baking soda, flour and oats. Stir in the chips/nuts/fruit.
• Drop the dough, by tablespoonfuls, onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, until they're golden brown; the shorter amount of time for softer cookies, the longer amount for crunchier cookies. Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on a rack.

THE ESSENTIAL SOFT OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, oil and sugar.
• Add the egg, beating until fluffy, then beat in the sour cream and vanilla.
• Stir in the raisins and oats.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the bkaing soda, cinnamon, salt and flour. Add this mixture, a cup at at ime, to the oat mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in the nuts. Let the dough rest for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, drop the dough onto the cookie sheets.
• Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, or until they're golden brown.
• Remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.

THE ESSENTIAL CRUNCHY OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugars, butter, shortening, salt, baking powder, spices and vanilla, beating until smooth.
• Beat in the egg.
• Stir in the oats and flour, then the raisins and nuts.
• Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets. Using the flat bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar, flatten each ball of dough to about 1/4 inch.
• Bake the cookes for about 20 minutes, until they're golden brown; these are supposed to be crunchy, so don't underbake them.
• Remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.