Can you bake cookies?

[geminigirl]

Will you bake me cookies?

I eat a lot of oatmeal cookies right now.

I eat them because they are the only way I can stomach oatmeal (I really hate oatmeal) and so I eat oatmeal cookies. I eat oatmeal cookies because oatmeal is good for milk production, which I have issues with.

But I'm bored with mine.

So I want your oatmeal cookies. Make me your best oatmeal cookies. With stuff in them. (Ask me what stuff works-no coconut for example.) And then send me those cookies.

Please? I need new and different oatmeal cookies.

Comments

I seriously just ate an oatmeal cookie,

[jaclyn.livejournal.com]

It's that lactation recipe but I got it from that LJ Heidi chick.


but those are probably the same ones your eating!

Re: I seriously just ate an oatmeal cookie,

[geminigirl]

Sometimes those are the ones I eat. Sometimes I eat regular old oatmeal raisin, or variations on oatmeal with stuff.

I eat a lot of oatmeal cookies. Cause a bowl of oatmeal makes me want to throw up.

[goingdriftless.livejournal.com]

I would make you cookies, but I'm a long way away. So here is my favorite oatmeal cookie recipe.

From "Vegan With a Vengeance" -- Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

2 c flour
1 1/3 c rolled oats
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 2/3 c sugar
2/3 cup canola oil
2 T molasses
1 c canned pumpkin or cooked pureed pumpkin
1 tsp vanilla

Mix wet and dry ingredients separately and then fold together. Drop by tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets. Slightly flatten each cookie with a fork. Bake for 16 minutes at 350. These cookies are best when they've cooled and set a bit.

[geminigirl]

That's the point. To get people to send me boxes of cookies. :) Even people far away.

These look interesting-how strong is the pumpkin flavor in them? (I'm not a big fan of baked pumpkin.)

[goingdriftless.livejournal.com]

If I had time to make cookies... *grin*

It's not as strong as pumpkin pie, but definitely pumpkin tasting. Everyone I've ever given them to has liked them. But I don't know how everyone else feels about pumpkin. I, for one, love it.

They're kind of a chewy cookie. I've made them to eat for breakfasts... :)

[grasshulaskirt.livejournal.com]

Have you tried oatmeal with whipped butter and raw honey and cinnamon? My naturopath says it's the best way to kick start your metabolism ( whipping the butter with the raw honey has an anti inflammatory and cholesterol lowering effect ) .

Hmmm oatmeal cookies, they are my favorite with cranberries!

Didn't know oats are good for milk production..

[geminigirl]

It's a texture aversion, so unless it changes the texture of the oatmeal, it may not work. I'll think about it though.

[grasshulaskirt.livejournal.com]

Ah texture! I use an instant organic variety from whole foods while we are on the road and I find that after I add the whipped butter honey the texture does change into something more pleasant, also it tastes really good.

Fun fact: cinnamon helps reduce sugar cravings.


The other breakfast my NP reccommends is the whipped butter honey on Ezekiel sprouted toast, I wonder if that is good for milk production..

Good luck with the texture issues, keep us posted!

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

Does oatmeal do anything other forms of oats don't? Would granola or granola bars help?

[fairion.livejournal.com]

If it is a texture thing try baked oatmeal. We do it for variation when I cannot bear to make Froggy anymore regular oatmeal.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Baked-Oatmeal-II/Detail.aspx

I am also sending a box of cookies. I was looking for an excuse to bake today :)

[starkyld.livejournal.com]

I always do the recipe on the Quaker Oats canister plus walnuts. I don't like oatmeal raisin at all and I like my cookies on the crispy side, so these work well for me.

[messyjessy.livejournal.com]

If I still lived in NoVA, I'd go to Great Harvest & buy you a package of their oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Unfortunately the Great Harvest out here doesn't make the same cookies.

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

oh i am SO making you cookies. no coconut. any other things to avoid? (nuts, dried fruits, chocolate/peanut butter/butterscotch/white chocolate chips are all fair game for cookies in my opinion)

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

oh, and flax seeds, wheat germ, those kinds of things too. i are crunchy.

[geminigirl]

I'm not a fan of baked banana/pumpkin (or any squash.) No coconut. Most dried fruits are fine other than things that get too intensely sweet when dried (banana, pineapple, mango all get too sweet.) Chocolate, peanut butter, all that is fine. Miri hasn't shown any food sensitivities yet, so I'm not avoiding anything other than "stuff I don't like."

I tend to do four varieties-oatmeal raisin, oatmeal with apricot and chocolate chip, oatmeal butterscotch and oatmeal with white chocolate and cranberry.

[geminigirl]

Oh, and I like soft not crunchy cookies. I always forget to tell people that.

[geminigirl]

Oooh. These are a nice change from the usual cookies. I'll file this away for after I have time to go to the good store with the bulk bins for pumpkin and sunflower seeds.

[bizetsy.livejournal.com]

You can use steel cut oatmeal to make a brown rice-ish side dish that is savory. It's good! It's much more al dente than rolled oats.

Another good oatmeal cookie adds: cranberry/nut/chocolate. Yummy mix.

[geminigirl]

And the texture is more rice like than oatmeal like? Do you have a recipe?

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

For oats without oatmeal texture issues, check out Mark Bittman's "Coconut Oat Pilaf" - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/dining/181mrex.html

You can leave out the toasted coconut entirely or substitute something you like more than coconut - another nut would probably work fine. The texture is not at all mushy because you cook the oats in oil before you boil them. And you can vary the herbs and spices so it's not exactly the same every time.

For cookie recipes, I recently tried the oatmeal cookie recipe on the back of the Toll House Butterscotch Chips bag. It wasn't really my favorite, but everyone else who tried them said they were really good.

[erinmdmd.livejournal.com]

I will when I get home next week!

[geminigirl]

Thank you! New and different oatmeal cookies would be awesome. I prefer soft cookies-I forgot to mention that part. But I'm open to new things.

[erinmdmd.livejournal.com]

how do you feel about:
dried cranberries
dried cherries
raisins
almonds
cashews
walnuts
pecans
dried pears
dried apricots
dried peaches

I did the dehydrating myself if that matters.

I already noted no coconut- are you averse to the flavor of coconut (as in, no coconut oil) or is it limited to no dried/shredded coconut?

Is butter okay? its organic, local(to me). I assume its alright that my kitchen is far from kosher?

[geminigirl]

Any of the nuts are fine-in order of preference, my favorites are probably cashews, almonds, pecans and then walnuts.

I get very itchy from coconut meats-dried, shredded or raw, and as a result, I avoid the meat entirely. I limit/avoid the oil just in case it's some kind of true sensitivity in hopes of not finding out it's something serious.

As for the fruit-I like most dried fruits. Pears sometimes take on an odd texture to me, but that's not so much a "dislike" as "Sometimes eating a slice of dried pear gets weird." My favorites on your list are apricots, peaches and cherries. My least favorite is pears. My oatmeal cookies often have chocolate chips and dried apricots or golden raisins. I've never tried oatmeal peach cookies and that sounds really yummy. I may have to try it next time I have dried peaches around.

Butter is fine. Miri hasn't shown any food sensitivities so far. And it's fine that your kitchen is, as you put it, "Far from Kosher"-I wouldn't have made the request if it weren't. I know most of my friends don't keep Kosher kitchens.

And thank you. It's very kind of you and Raina to share your cookies.

[erinmdmd.livejournal.com]

address? I've got a package to send!