C is for Cookie





I really think I owe my love for cooking and all things crafty to my mema. When I would visit her for the day or spend the night, she would let me go to her kitchen hutch and choose a cookbook. We would then sit down on the couch and look through the cookie recipes until I found one that I wanted to make. It always blew my mind that no matter what recipe I chose, she always seemed to have all of the ingredients for it.

After we made the cookies, she would pack most of them up and send them home with me so I could show mom and dad what I had made.

So today I pulled out the familiar red and white checked cookbook and looked for a cookie recipe to make. I settled on an oatmeal cookie recipe but of course, had to jazz it up a little.

 

Not Your Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup chopped pecans

3/4 cup chocolate chips

3/4 cup peanut butter chips

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, beat butter on high for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat until combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat in as much flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour. Stir in chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, pecans, and oats.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Let cool on cookie sheet for one minute and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

 



 

 

Cookie dough looks good enough to eat!

Well, they're kind of rounded...

Ready for the oven

 

"Anticipation....."

 

Fresh from the oven

Cooling on a parchment lined wire rack. Pretty tempting, huh?

This recipe makes enough cookies to share :)

 

While I'll admit this recipe has a lot of ingredients, it's very simple to make. I used my KitchenAid stand mixer and it incorporated all of the flour, chips, pecans, and oats with ease.

 

What's your favorite go-to cookie recipe to share? 

To keep at home all to yourself? :)

Happy Baking!

Melissa